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whutvd | legaladvice_train | 0.96 | What will happen if I file a police report against my husband? This morning we argued and it escalated until i recorded him with his phone and in the process of trying to send the video to my own phone, he twisted my arm and threw me to the ground in order to get his back. I have him recorded admitting to it. This isn’t the first time he’s gotten physical with me and it’s been suggested to me before to file a police report but I’m afraid of opening a can of worms that I don’t know if I’m ready to deal with. I don’t have any actual proof. He’s only ever left small bruises and not often and I didn’t think to take photos at the time. He’s threatened multiple times to keep our 2 year old son from me if I leave, saying things like “go, we’ll be fine without you” or “do you know how easy it would be for me to disappear with him” and has tried to physically wrestle him from my arms on more than one occasion. I just want an idea of what the process will be like if I report him just to get it all on record. I don’t know if I’m ready to leave yet. I don’t even know what being ready would look like. I’m sorry if this isn’t the right place for this. Thank you in advance. | ij8br1o | ijbblvt | 1,659,819,455 | 1,659,882,441 | 2 | 4 | This situation is above this sub's pay grade. You may want to document these interactions, but be aware, it is definitely a crime to deprive or otherwise obstruct someone's access to a telephone (especially their own mobile phone) during a DV or other criminal altercation. I can't know what all the details are, I'm just pointing this out because of how you taking his phone and scuffling over it could be spun against you by a halfway decent attorney. It's best to not touch any phone other than your own in a situation such as this unless you're calling 9-1-1. There are plenty of resources available for recognizing and mending or leaving unhealthy relationships. If your arguments & fights are not completely one-sided, you both should consider anger management counseling to avoid escalation, but obviously you can only work on your side of this issue and must make the decision to remove yourself from that situation if it does not improve. | “I’m afraid to open a can of worms that I don’t know if I’m ready to deal with” uh.. lady….. that can has been open for a while. He threw hands on you and apparently it’s not even the first time. This will keep happening and may even escalate. You need to act now, for your own safety. File the report and find somewhere safe to stay. | 0 | 62,986 | 2 |
whutvd | legaladvice_train | 0.96 | What will happen if I file a police report against my husband? This morning we argued and it escalated until i recorded him with his phone and in the process of trying to send the video to my own phone, he twisted my arm and threw me to the ground in order to get his back. I have him recorded admitting to it. This isn’t the first time he’s gotten physical with me and it’s been suggested to me before to file a police report but I’m afraid of opening a can of worms that I don’t know if I’m ready to deal with. I don’t have any actual proof. He’s only ever left small bruises and not often and I didn’t think to take photos at the time. He’s threatened multiple times to keep our 2 year old son from me if I leave, saying things like “go, we’ll be fine without you” or “do you know how easy it would be for me to disappear with him” and has tried to physically wrestle him from my arms on more than one occasion. I just want an idea of what the process will be like if I report him just to get it all on record. I don’t know if I’m ready to leave yet. I don’t even know what being ready would look like. I’m sorry if this isn’t the right place for this. Thank you in advance. | ij8br1o | ij92zfw | 1,659,819,455 | 1,659,832,190 | 2 | 5 | This situation is above this sub's pay grade. You may want to document these interactions, but be aware, it is definitely a crime to deprive or otherwise obstruct someone's access to a telephone (especially their own mobile phone) during a DV or other criminal altercation. I can't know what all the details are, I'm just pointing this out because of how you taking his phone and scuffling over it could be spun against you by a halfway decent attorney. It's best to not touch any phone other than your own in a situation such as this unless you're calling 9-1-1. There are plenty of resources available for recognizing and mending or leaving unhealthy relationships. If your arguments & fights are not completely one-sided, you both should consider anger management counseling to avoid escalation, but obviously you can only work on your side of this issue and must make the decision to remove yourself from that situation if it does not improve. | Please find a safe place. As it's been pointed out you could face some ramifications for not giving his phone back. You cannot take some one's property and expect they won't try to retrieve it. Use of force to retrieve one's property isn't usually seen as unlawful. | 0 | 12,735 | 2.5 |
wk2jzg | legaladvice_train | 0.93 | Dad died in hospital waiting for spinal surgery. They found him dead on the floor in his room. Nursing staff lied about when they last checked on him. Quick backstory: My dad was having serious health problems particularly with his spine. He was scheduled to have spinal surgery the morning he died. A month before he had an extensive spinal fusion. This last surgery was supposed to stabilize the tail bone. Key facts: - He couldn’t hardly walk. He was getting around by wheelchair. He did have his walker with him in the hospital. - They found him around 6 feet or so from his bed seemingly heading towards the door or the sink located towards the door and initiated crash cart procedures shortly after 4 am. - When we got to the hospital the nursing staff claimed they checked his vitals at 3:19 am. - My dad had an apple wrist watch that transmitted his heart rate data to his phone. This data indicated his heart stopped suddenly at 2:45 am. Clearly the nursing staff lied about seeing him at 3:19 am. - The watch has heart rate data going back months and months. He almost never took it off. Additionally, the data shows some heart activity where they were doing cpr on him shortly after 4 am. - Dad was a fall risk. On his board the bed alert was checked as active. Yet nobody found him for about a hour and twenty minutes after he had gotten up, fell and died. - The cause of death is still pending. The funeral director claimed he fractured his neck when he fell, but that doesn’t explain why he felt the need to get up in the middle of the night. Do we have a case against the hospital? Is this worth exploring with a lawyer? | ijnagi0 | ijmz03i | 1,660,086,678 | 1,660,081,913 | 20 | 12 | I was a medical malpractice paralegal for many years. An autopsy is vital in wrongful death cases. If he died from a head injury, you may have a case. However if he had a sudden cardiac death that wasn’t preventable, then there is likely no case. Everything has to be connected- the hospital’s negligence must cause or contribute to cause the death and the burden of proof is on the plaintiff. That’s why an autopsy is so important. It sounds like you’re waiting for a cause of death and once you get that, you may want to consult with a medical malpractice lawyer. | Request his full medical record from the hospital and take it to a malpractice attorney for consultation. Random Internet forum speculation is not likely to be helpful in this scenario. | 1 | 4,765 | 1.666667 |
wk2jzg | legaladvice_train | 0.93 | Dad died in hospital waiting for spinal surgery. They found him dead on the floor in his room. Nursing staff lied about when they last checked on him. Quick backstory: My dad was having serious health problems particularly with his spine. He was scheduled to have spinal surgery the morning he died. A month before he had an extensive spinal fusion. This last surgery was supposed to stabilize the tail bone. Key facts: - He couldn’t hardly walk. He was getting around by wheelchair. He did have his walker with him in the hospital. - They found him around 6 feet or so from his bed seemingly heading towards the door or the sink located towards the door and initiated crash cart procedures shortly after 4 am. - When we got to the hospital the nursing staff claimed they checked his vitals at 3:19 am. - My dad had an apple wrist watch that transmitted his heart rate data to his phone. This data indicated his heart stopped suddenly at 2:45 am. Clearly the nursing staff lied about seeing him at 3:19 am. - The watch has heart rate data going back months and months. He almost never took it off. Additionally, the data shows some heart activity where they were doing cpr on him shortly after 4 am. - Dad was a fall risk. On his board the bed alert was checked as active. Yet nobody found him for about a hour and twenty minutes after he had gotten up, fell and died. - The cause of death is still pending. The funeral director claimed he fractured his neck when he fell, but that doesn’t explain why he felt the need to get up in the middle of the night. Do we have a case against the hospital? Is this worth exploring with a lawyer? | ijm4iw3 | ijnagi0 | 1,660,070,180 | 1,660,086,678 | 9 | 20 | Some things I know is the machine that records vital signs also shows when it was taken. Now a person could lie and chart without taking vital signs but that machine would of recorded it.Also another thing that could of happen is the person took vitals wrote it down and then charted it at a later time, which is normal because it can get busy and you chart when you have time. Bed alarm active means it should of been turned on, but machine may have been faulty and the bed alarm did not work. Also the nursing staff you talked to were most likely the next round of staff so they can only inform you on what they see on the chart. Also the Apple Watch cannot measure bpm lower then 30 or heart rhythm that indicates heart attack. So the data cannot indicate that the heart stopped at that point. Also if he truly has his heart stopped at 2:45 then and Code blue was initiated after 4 there would still be no heart activity that can be revived at that point. Unless he was coding a little before that.What does the watch say about his fall detection. If you want go through a medical malpractice you need to get a lawyer involved and do a autopsy of your dad and you can order for the complete medical record of your father. | I was a medical malpractice paralegal for many years. An autopsy is vital in wrongful death cases. If he died from a head injury, you may have a case. However if he had a sudden cardiac death that wasn’t preventable, then there is likely no case. Everything has to be connected- the hospital’s negligence must cause or contribute to cause the death and the burden of proof is on the plaintiff. That’s why an autopsy is so important. It sounds like you’re waiting for a cause of death and once you get that, you may want to consult with a medical malpractice lawyer. | 0 | 16,498 | 2.222222 |
wk2jzg | legaladvice_train | 0.93 | Dad died in hospital waiting for spinal surgery. They found him dead on the floor in his room. Nursing staff lied about when they last checked on him. Quick backstory: My dad was having serious health problems particularly with his spine. He was scheduled to have spinal surgery the morning he died. A month before he had an extensive spinal fusion. This last surgery was supposed to stabilize the tail bone. Key facts: - He couldn’t hardly walk. He was getting around by wheelchair. He did have his walker with him in the hospital. - They found him around 6 feet or so from his bed seemingly heading towards the door or the sink located towards the door and initiated crash cart procedures shortly after 4 am. - When we got to the hospital the nursing staff claimed they checked his vitals at 3:19 am. - My dad had an apple wrist watch that transmitted his heart rate data to his phone. This data indicated his heart stopped suddenly at 2:45 am. Clearly the nursing staff lied about seeing him at 3:19 am. - The watch has heart rate data going back months and months. He almost never took it off. Additionally, the data shows some heart activity where they were doing cpr on him shortly after 4 am. - Dad was a fall risk. On his board the bed alert was checked as active. Yet nobody found him for about a hour and twenty minutes after he had gotten up, fell and died. - The cause of death is still pending. The funeral director claimed he fractured his neck when he fell, but that doesn’t explain why he felt the need to get up in the middle of the night. Do we have a case against the hospital? Is this worth exploring with a lawyer? | ijm4iw3 | ijmz03i | 1,660,070,180 | 1,660,081,913 | 9 | 12 | Some things I know is the machine that records vital signs also shows when it was taken. Now a person could lie and chart without taking vital signs but that machine would of recorded it.Also another thing that could of happen is the person took vitals wrote it down and then charted it at a later time, which is normal because it can get busy and you chart when you have time. Bed alarm active means it should of been turned on, but machine may have been faulty and the bed alarm did not work. Also the nursing staff you talked to were most likely the next round of staff so they can only inform you on what they see on the chart. Also the Apple Watch cannot measure bpm lower then 30 or heart rhythm that indicates heart attack. So the data cannot indicate that the heart stopped at that point. Also if he truly has his heart stopped at 2:45 then and Code blue was initiated after 4 there would still be no heart activity that can be revived at that point. Unless he was coding a little before that.What does the watch say about his fall detection. If you want go through a medical malpractice you need to get a lawyer involved and do a autopsy of your dad and you can order for the complete medical record of your father. | Request his full medical record from the hospital and take it to a malpractice attorney for consultation. Random Internet forum speculation is not likely to be helpful in this scenario. | 0 | 11,733 | 1.333333 |
wk2jzg | legaladvice_train | 0.93 | Dad died in hospital waiting for spinal surgery. They found him dead on the floor in his room. Nursing staff lied about when they last checked on him. Quick backstory: My dad was having serious health problems particularly with his spine. He was scheduled to have spinal surgery the morning he died. A month before he had an extensive spinal fusion. This last surgery was supposed to stabilize the tail bone. Key facts: - He couldn’t hardly walk. He was getting around by wheelchair. He did have his walker with him in the hospital. - They found him around 6 feet or so from his bed seemingly heading towards the door or the sink located towards the door and initiated crash cart procedures shortly after 4 am. - When we got to the hospital the nursing staff claimed they checked his vitals at 3:19 am. - My dad had an apple wrist watch that transmitted his heart rate data to his phone. This data indicated his heart stopped suddenly at 2:45 am. Clearly the nursing staff lied about seeing him at 3:19 am. - The watch has heart rate data going back months and months. He almost never took it off. Additionally, the data shows some heart activity where they were doing cpr on him shortly after 4 am. - Dad was a fall risk. On his board the bed alert was checked as active. Yet nobody found him for about a hour and twenty minutes after he had gotten up, fell and died. - The cause of death is still pending. The funeral director claimed he fractured his neck when he fell, but that doesn’t explain why he felt the need to get up in the middle of the night. Do we have a case against the hospital? Is this worth exploring with a lawyer? | ijnl6dt | ijppwv6 | 1,660,091,380 | 1,660,137,067 | 2 | 6 | It can be investigated if they truly took vitals at the time they said. Some hospitals use vitals machines that send vitals straight to the documentation system, without their being an option to edit the time. If vitals were never entered into the computer it's a red flag | Keep in mind that even if the hospital was definitely negligent and that negligence killed your dad, you’ll have to prove damages. That’s going to be difficult with someone who was already having serious health issues, because he may not have lived long even without the negligence. For that reason it may be difficult to find someone to take the case. But you can go for a consultation if it will put your mind at ease. I’m sorry for your loss. | 0 | 45,687 | 3 |
wk2jzg | legaladvice_train | 0.93 | Dad died in hospital waiting for spinal surgery. They found him dead on the floor in his room. Nursing staff lied about when they last checked on him. Quick backstory: My dad was having serious health problems particularly with his spine. He was scheduled to have spinal surgery the morning he died. A month before he had an extensive spinal fusion. This last surgery was supposed to stabilize the tail bone. Key facts: - He couldn’t hardly walk. He was getting around by wheelchair. He did have his walker with him in the hospital. - They found him around 6 feet or so from his bed seemingly heading towards the door or the sink located towards the door and initiated crash cart procedures shortly after 4 am. - When we got to the hospital the nursing staff claimed they checked his vitals at 3:19 am. - My dad had an apple wrist watch that transmitted his heart rate data to his phone. This data indicated his heart stopped suddenly at 2:45 am. Clearly the nursing staff lied about seeing him at 3:19 am. - The watch has heart rate data going back months and months. He almost never took it off. Additionally, the data shows some heart activity where they were doing cpr on him shortly after 4 am. - Dad was a fall risk. On his board the bed alert was checked as active. Yet nobody found him for about a hour and twenty minutes after he had gotten up, fell and died. - The cause of death is still pending. The funeral director claimed he fractured his neck when he fell, but that doesn’t explain why he felt the need to get up in the middle of the night. Do we have a case against the hospital? Is this worth exploring with a lawyer? | ijppwv6 | ijo8ogk | 1,660,137,067 | 1,660,102,156 | 6 | 2 | Keep in mind that even if the hospital was definitely negligent and that negligence killed your dad, you’ll have to prove damages. That’s going to be difficult with someone who was already having serious health issues, because he may not have lived long even without the negligence. For that reason it may be difficult to find someone to take the case. But you can go for a consultation if it will put your mind at ease. I’m sorry for your loss. | I'm really sorry for your loss. Definitely speak to an attorney to set your mind at ease but there's not likely to be neglect. If your dad had an apple watch he wore I'm assuming he was with it? Patients have the right to fall. I know that sounds stupid but it's a fact. He may have declined a bed alarm. He would of had that right. And it sounds like it was less than 2 hours between rounds which is pretty standard care at night. He wasn't post surgical so more frequent rounds wouldn't be necessary. And then we still go back to having the right to fall. Unless there was a documented history of falls from his stay the usual fall education that should of been and documented likely covers a fall on a with it patient. | 1 | 34,911 | 3 |
wk2jzg | legaladvice_train | 0.93 | Dad died in hospital waiting for spinal surgery. They found him dead on the floor in his room. Nursing staff lied about when they last checked on him. Quick backstory: My dad was having serious health problems particularly with his spine. He was scheduled to have spinal surgery the morning he died. A month before he had an extensive spinal fusion. This last surgery was supposed to stabilize the tail bone. Key facts: - He couldn’t hardly walk. He was getting around by wheelchair. He did have his walker with him in the hospital. - They found him around 6 feet or so from his bed seemingly heading towards the door or the sink located towards the door and initiated crash cart procedures shortly after 4 am. - When we got to the hospital the nursing staff claimed they checked his vitals at 3:19 am. - My dad had an apple wrist watch that transmitted his heart rate data to his phone. This data indicated his heart stopped suddenly at 2:45 am. Clearly the nursing staff lied about seeing him at 3:19 am. - The watch has heart rate data going back months and months. He almost never took it off. Additionally, the data shows some heart activity where they were doing cpr on him shortly after 4 am. - Dad was a fall risk. On his board the bed alert was checked as active. Yet nobody found him for about a hour and twenty minutes after he had gotten up, fell and died. - The cause of death is still pending. The funeral director claimed he fractured his neck when he fell, but that doesn’t explain why he felt the need to get up in the middle of the night. Do we have a case against the hospital? Is this worth exploring with a lawyer? | ijovzmw | ijppwv6 | 1,660,116,956 | 1,660,137,067 | 2 | 6 | Could be a Deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary artery embolus. Common in bedridden patients, fatal in 25% of cases. The postmortem should help. I would await the results and then decide if you want to seek counsel | Keep in mind that even if the hospital was definitely negligent and that negligence killed your dad, you’ll have to prove damages. That’s going to be difficult with someone who was already having serious health issues, because he may not have lived long even without the negligence. For that reason it may be difficult to find someone to take the case. But you can go for a consultation if it will put your mind at ease. I’m sorry for your loss. | 0 | 20,111 | 3 |
f5nor0 | legaladvice_train | 0.89 | Please help. My mom just died a few minutes ago. I will be the one planning the funeral. My dad died when I was 7, so I don't remember much. I basically know my moms wishes, but I need to know any helpful information on making arrangements, or whatever else there is to know. | fhzsgmq | fhzri7z | 1,582,009,826 | 1,582,008,737 | 58 | 6 | For now, take some time to grieve. As callous as it may sound, she's not going anywhere anytime soon. You don't need to worry about all that right now. I assume she will be taken to the hospital (or wherever your local morgue is). Talk to someone there. They deal with this often and can get you pointed in the right direction to get some resources to help you navigate this. If she went to church, contact them. They can provide some guidance. The important thing now is to grieve and process. The rest will come in it's own time. | This really isn’t a legal question (although I’m so sorry for your loss) In your place I’d google “how to arrange a funeral in state” with state being your state. | 1 | 1,089 | 9.666667 |
f5nor0 | legaladvice_train | 0.89 | Please help. My mom just died a few minutes ago. I will be the one planning the funeral. My dad died when I was 7, so I don't remember much. I basically know my moms wishes, but I need to know any helpful information on making arrangements, or whatever else there is to know. | fi04a1t | fhzxs96 | 1,582,025,770 | 1,582,016,740 | 26 | 14 | First, I am sorry for your loss. Second: bring someone, preferably *not* from your immediate family, with you when you go to a funeral home. The folks there will pressure you to buy every conceivable "upgrade" to run the bill up: longer viewing time, nicer casket, more flowers, etc. Think long and hard about whether you can afford it, and whether you should do it or not. I would argue that most of it is superfluous and overpriced. They know that you are in a vulnerable state of mind and will agree to just about everything as long as it's presented as "honoring the deceased person." So if you have someone with you, esp. if it's a hard-nosed person, s/he can act as the voice of reason. I went through all this when I lost my dad a few years ago. Those guys at the funeral home can sell freezers to Eskimos. | Talk to some friends or family members and see if they can recommend a funeral home. Even if it’s just “hey where did your mom go when your grandma died five years ago?”, it could remove some of the stress of just googling a place. The funeral home staff can actually guide you through just about everything. They’re literally the experts and have experience dealing with grieving family members, various religious rites, and can handhold you through the entire thing. They can recommend vendors for whatever you may need (or, if you’re at your wits end, they’ll just make decisions and book them for you. Seriously, handholding!), and they can likely recommend folks to take care of financial and legal stuff as well. (Not a lawyer, and I hope my experience with just the one funeral home a couple of times is actually representative of most and I wasn’t just lucky) | 1 | 9,030 | 1.857143 |
f5nor0 | legaladvice_train | 0.89 | Please help. My mom just died a few minutes ago. I will be the one planning the funeral. My dad died when I was 7, so I don't remember much. I basically know my moms wishes, but I need to know any helpful information on making arrangements, or whatever else there is to know. | fi02sb0 | fi04a1t | 1,582,023,875 | 1,582,025,770 | 10 | 26 | Sorry for your loss. I contacted a funeral home and asked them for guidance. They did a lot of stuff and advised on a lot of stuff. Booking the facility and arranging the service etc. I would ask a funeral home about the whole process and about prices for everything. Then call two more and repeat. Take lots of notes. Is there a Will and an executor? You may become the executor. For me, the funeral home issued "proof of death" letters (at a cost) for us which were like "low-strength" death certificates but satisfactory for some of what we had to do. They arranged for Death Certificates (at a cost) which were the official documents and acceptable by big banks in dealing with the Will and the estate. | First, I am sorry for your loss. Second: bring someone, preferably *not* from your immediate family, with you when you go to a funeral home. The folks there will pressure you to buy every conceivable "upgrade" to run the bill up: longer viewing time, nicer casket, more flowers, etc. Think long and hard about whether you can afford it, and whether you should do it or not. I would argue that most of it is superfluous and overpriced. They know that you are in a vulnerable state of mind and will agree to just about everything as long as it's presented as "honoring the deceased person." So if you have someone with you, esp. if it's a hard-nosed person, s/he can act as the voice of reason. I went through all this when I lost my dad a few years ago. Those guys at the funeral home can sell freezers to Eskimos. | 0 | 1,895 | 2.6 |
f5nor0 | legaladvice_train | 0.89 | Please help. My mom just died a few minutes ago. I will be the one planning the funeral. My dad died when I was 7, so I don't remember much. I basically know my moms wishes, but I need to know any helpful information on making arrangements, or whatever else there is to know. | fhzri7z | fi04a1t | 1,582,008,737 | 1,582,025,770 | 6 | 26 | This really isn’t a legal question (although I’m so sorry for your loss) In your place I’d google “how to arrange a funeral in state” with state being your state. | First, I am sorry for your loss. Second: bring someone, preferably *not* from your immediate family, with you when you go to a funeral home. The folks there will pressure you to buy every conceivable "upgrade" to run the bill up: longer viewing time, nicer casket, more flowers, etc. Think long and hard about whether you can afford it, and whether you should do it or not. I would argue that most of it is superfluous and overpriced. They know that you are in a vulnerable state of mind and will agree to just about everything as long as it's presented as "honoring the deceased person." So if you have someone with you, esp. if it's a hard-nosed person, s/he can act as the voice of reason. I went through all this when I lost my dad a few years ago. Those guys at the funeral home can sell freezers to Eskimos. | 0 | 17,033 | 4.333333 |
f5nor0 | legaladvice_train | 0.89 | Please help. My mom just died a few minutes ago. I will be the one planning the funeral. My dad died when I was 7, so I don't remember much. I basically know my moms wishes, but I need to know any helpful information on making arrangements, or whatever else there is to know. | fhzri7z | fhzxs96 | 1,582,008,737 | 1,582,016,740 | 6 | 14 | This really isn’t a legal question (although I’m so sorry for your loss) In your place I’d google “how to arrange a funeral in state” with state being your state. | Talk to some friends or family members and see if they can recommend a funeral home. Even if it’s just “hey where did your mom go when your grandma died five years ago?”, it could remove some of the stress of just googling a place. The funeral home staff can actually guide you through just about everything. They’re literally the experts and have experience dealing with grieving family members, various religious rites, and can handhold you through the entire thing. They can recommend vendors for whatever you may need (or, if you’re at your wits end, they’ll just make decisions and book them for you. Seriously, handholding!), and they can likely recommend folks to take care of financial and legal stuff as well. (Not a lawyer, and I hope my experience with just the one funeral home a couple of times is actually representative of most and I wasn’t just lucky) | 0 | 8,003 | 2.333333 |
f5nor0 | legaladvice_train | 0.89 | Please help. My mom just died a few minutes ago. I will be the one planning the funeral. My dad died when I was 7, so I don't remember much. I basically know my moms wishes, but I need to know any helpful information on making arrangements, or whatever else there is to know. | fhzri7z | fi02sb0 | 1,582,008,737 | 1,582,023,875 | 6 | 10 | This really isn’t a legal question (although I’m so sorry for your loss) In your place I’d google “how to arrange a funeral in state” with state being your state. | Sorry for your loss. I contacted a funeral home and asked them for guidance. They did a lot of stuff and advised on a lot of stuff. Booking the facility and arranging the service etc. I would ask a funeral home about the whole process and about prices for everything. Then call two more and repeat. Take lots of notes. Is there a Will and an executor? You may become the executor. For me, the funeral home issued "proof of death" letters (at a cost) for us which were like "low-strength" death certificates but satisfactory for some of what we had to do. They arranged for Death Certificates (at a cost) which were the official documents and acceptable by big banks in dealing with the Will and the estate. | 0 | 15,138 | 1.666667 |
f5nor0 | legaladvice_train | 0.89 | Please help. My mom just died a few minutes ago. I will be the one planning the funeral. My dad died when I was 7, so I don't remember much. I basically know my moms wishes, but I need to know any helpful information on making arrangements, or whatever else there is to know. | fi0qxmw | fi0ntzh | 1,582,042,960 | 1,582,041,121 | 7 | 6 | So sorry for your loss. A funeral director can help you through the process, from removing her body to the cremation or interment. Each service performed has a price that should be readily accessible. Cheapest route is immediate cremation, no embalming, plan a memorial service on your own. Caskets vary widely in price and you will need to select one even for cremation. If you are doing burial and have a plot, the funeral director will take care of permits and arrangements. They will guide you through the process regardless. That's what they do. If she had a church and clergy person, contact them to arrange the memorial service. Best to you. | I am sorry for your loss. Hopefully the links that r/personalfinance has prepared will help ease the burden https://www.reddit.com/r/personalfinance/wiki/death\_of\_loved\_one | 1 | 1,839 | 1.166667 |
f5nor0 | legaladvice_train | 0.89 | Please help. My mom just died a few minutes ago. I will be the one planning the funeral. My dad died when I was 7, so I don't remember much. I basically know my moms wishes, but I need to know any helpful information on making arrangements, or whatever else there is to know. | fi0ntzh | fi0dyh2 | 1,582,041,121 | 1,582,034,585 | 6 | 4 | I am sorry for your loss. Hopefully the links that r/personalfinance has prepared will help ease the burden https://www.reddit.com/r/personalfinance/wiki/death\_of\_loved\_one | You will have to probate your mother’s estate. You should have a consultation with a trusts and estates attorney for how to go about doing that. | 1 | 6,536 | 1.5 |
f5nor0 | legaladvice_train | 0.89 | Please help. My mom just died a few minutes ago. I will be the one planning the funeral. My dad died when I was 7, so I don't remember much. I basically know my moms wishes, but I need to know any helpful information on making arrangements, or whatever else there is to know. | fi0qxmw | fhzri7z | 1,582,042,960 | 1,582,008,737 | 7 | 6 | So sorry for your loss. A funeral director can help you through the process, from removing her body to the cremation or interment. Each service performed has a price that should be readily accessible. Cheapest route is immediate cremation, no embalming, plan a memorial service on your own. Caskets vary widely in price and you will need to select one even for cremation. If you are doing burial and have a plot, the funeral director will take care of permits and arrangements. They will guide you through the process regardless. That's what they do. If she had a church and clergy person, contact them to arrange the memorial service. Best to you. | This really isn’t a legal question (although I’m so sorry for your loss) In your place I’d google “how to arrange a funeral in state” with state being your state. | 1 | 34,223 | 1.166667 |
f5nor0 | legaladvice_train | 0.89 | Please help. My mom just died a few minutes ago. I will be the one planning the funeral. My dad died when I was 7, so I don't remember much. I basically know my moms wishes, but I need to know any helpful information on making arrangements, or whatever else there is to know. | fi0dyh2 | fi0qxmw | 1,582,034,585 | 1,582,042,960 | 4 | 7 | You will have to probate your mother’s estate. You should have a consultation with a trusts and estates attorney for how to go about doing that. | So sorry for your loss. A funeral director can help you through the process, from removing her body to the cremation or interment. Each service performed has a price that should be readily accessible. Cheapest route is immediate cremation, no embalming, plan a memorial service on your own. Caskets vary widely in price and you will need to select one even for cremation. If you are doing burial and have a plot, the funeral director will take care of permits and arrangements. They will guide you through the process regardless. That's what they do. If she had a church and clergy person, contact them to arrange the memorial service. Best to you. | 0 | 8,375 | 1.75 |
a0l7kk | legaladvice_train | 0.97 | My mom died and had set up a trust. The attorney is telling me the house she left will need to be sold. Can this be explained to me and what can I do? My dad (he died 5 years ago) and mom had a horrible and lengthy battle with cancer. I spent the last few months with my mother caring for her under FMLA. I have a brother who just turned 18. My mom told me the house would be mine so that my daughter could experience living in a stable home in Ohio. We had many talks about it. My mother ended up passing on November 16th. In the will, it listed her sister and law as a trustee for a trust. This trust was to keep assets (and listed the house) in a trust for my brother and I until he turned 25, when it would be split. The trustee is listed as having power to do basically anything with the assets. Today my aunt had a meeting with the attorney, which I requested to go to but was not allowed, and afterwards I get a call where she tells me that the house will need to be sold. This is my brother and I’s childhood home and in no way did my mother want this. Can anyone explain why this could be happening and if there is anything at all that can be done? | eaigiqx | eaigiae | 1,543,252,583 | 1,543,252,574 | 471 | 14 | You should probably consult with an attorney. There are too many unknowns to get a decent answer here. Even if the house was paid off, there are ongoing expenses (such as property taxes) that would need to be paid from the trust. If the trust runs out of money, the house will need to be sold. | First of all, ask your aunt why she selling it? Second of all if you don't like that answer get your own attorney | 1 | 9 | 33.642857 |
a0l7kk | legaladvice_train | 0.97 | My mom died and had set up a trust. The attorney is telling me the house she left will need to be sold. Can this be explained to me and what can I do? My dad (he died 5 years ago) and mom had a horrible and lengthy battle with cancer. I spent the last few months with my mother caring for her under FMLA. I have a brother who just turned 18. My mom told me the house would be mine so that my daughter could experience living in a stable home in Ohio. We had many talks about it. My mother ended up passing on November 16th. In the will, it listed her sister and law as a trustee for a trust. This trust was to keep assets (and listed the house) in a trust for my brother and I until he turned 25, when it would be split. The trustee is listed as having power to do basically anything with the assets. Today my aunt had a meeting with the attorney, which I requested to go to but was not allowed, and afterwards I get a call where she tells me that the house will need to be sold. This is my brother and I’s childhood home and in no way did my mother want this. Can anyone explain why this could be happening and if there is anything at all that can be done? | eaig15a | eaigiqx | 1,543,252,249 | 1,543,252,583 | 2 | 471 | ---
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> My dad and mom had a horrible and lengthy battle with cancer. I spent the last few months with my mother caring for her under FMLA. I have a brother who just turned 18. My mom told me the house would be mine so that my daughter could experience living in a stable home. We had many talks about it. My mother ended up passing on November 16th. In the will, it listed her sister and law as a trustee for a trust. This trust was to keep assets (and listed the house) in a trust for my brother and I until he turned 25, when it would be split. The trustee is listed as having power to do basically anything with the assets. Today my aunt had a meeting with the attorney, which I requested to go to but was not allowed, and afterwards I get a call where she tells me that the house will need to be sold. This is my brother and I’s childhood home and in no way did my mother want this. Can anyone explain why this could be happening and if there is anything at all that can be done?
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a0l7kk | legaladvice_train | 0.97 | My mom died and had set up a trust. The attorney is telling me the house she left will need to be sold. Can this be explained to me and what can I do? My dad (he died 5 years ago) and mom had a horrible and lengthy battle with cancer. I spent the last few months with my mother caring for her under FMLA. I have a brother who just turned 18. My mom told me the house would be mine so that my daughter could experience living in a stable home in Ohio. We had many talks about it. My mother ended up passing on November 16th. In the will, it listed her sister and law as a trustee for a trust. This trust was to keep assets (and listed the house) in a trust for my brother and I until he turned 25, when it would be split. The trustee is listed as having power to do basically anything with the assets. Today my aunt had a meeting with the attorney, which I requested to go to but was not allowed, and afterwards I get a call where she tells me that the house will need to be sold. This is my brother and I’s childhood home and in no way did my mother want this. Can anyone explain why this could be happening and if there is anything at all that can be done? | eaiglgd | eaigiae | 1,543,252,633 | 1,543,252,574 | 213 | 14 | First, I am truly sorry to hear of your mother's recent passing. Is it possible that your mother carried debt when she passed such that estate assets would need to be sold in order to satisfy those debts? | First of all, ask your aunt why she selling it? Second of all if you don't like that answer get your own attorney | 1 | 59 | 15.214286 |
a0l7kk | legaladvice_train | 0.97 | My mom died and had set up a trust. The attorney is telling me the house she left will need to be sold. Can this be explained to me and what can I do? My dad (he died 5 years ago) and mom had a horrible and lengthy battle with cancer. I spent the last few months with my mother caring for her under FMLA. I have a brother who just turned 18. My mom told me the house would be mine so that my daughter could experience living in a stable home in Ohio. We had many talks about it. My mother ended up passing on November 16th. In the will, it listed her sister and law as a trustee for a trust. This trust was to keep assets (and listed the house) in a trust for my brother and I until he turned 25, when it would be split. The trustee is listed as having power to do basically anything with the assets. Today my aunt had a meeting with the attorney, which I requested to go to but was not allowed, and afterwards I get a call where she tells me that the house will need to be sold. This is my brother and I’s childhood home and in no way did my mother want this. Can anyone explain why this could be happening and if there is anything at all that can be done? | eaig15a | eaiglgd | 1,543,252,249 | 1,543,252,633 | 2 | 213 | ---
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> My dad and mom had a horrible and lengthy battle with cancer. I spent the last few months with my mother caring for her under FMLA. I have a brother who just turned 18. My mom told me the house would be mine so that my daughter could experience living in a stable home. We had many talks about it. My mother ended up passing on November 16th. In the will, it listed her sister and law as a trustee for a trust. This trust was to keep assets (and listed the house) in a trust for my brother and I until he turned 25, when it would be split. The trustee is listed as having power to do basically anything with the assets. Today my aunt had a meeting with the attorney, which I requested to go to but was not allowed, and afterwards I get a call where she tells me that the house will need to be sold. This is my brother and I’s childhood home and in no way did my mother want this. Can anyone explain why this could be happening and if there is anything at all that can be done?
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a0l7kk | legaladvice_train | 0.97 | My mom died and had set up a trust. The attorney is telling me the house she left will need to be sold. Can this be explained to me and what can I do? My dad (he died 5 years ago) and mom had a horrible and lengthy battle with cancer. I spent the last few months with my mother caring for her under FMLA. I have a brother who just turned 18. My mom told me the house would be mine so that my daughter could experience living in a stable home in Ohio. We had many talks about it. My mother ended up passing on November 16th. In the will, it listed her sister and law as a trustee for a trust. This trust was to keep assets (and listed the house) in a trust for my brother and I until he turned 25, when it would be split. The trustee is listed as having power to do basically anything with the assets. Today my aunt had a meeting with the attorney, which I requested to go to but was not allowed, and afterwards I get a call where she tells me that the house will need to be sold. This is my brother and I’s childhood home and in no way did my mother want this. Can anyone explain why this could be happening and if there is anything at all that can be done? | eaigiae | eaigo89 | 1,543,252,574 | 1,543,252,686 | 14 | 148 | First of all, ask your aunt why she selling it? Second of all if you don't like that answer get your own attorney | When was the trust created? If it was set up after her terminal diagnosis as a way to shield assets from her creditors (namely the hospital where she received treatment), it's likely that the trust can be unwound based on fraudulent conveyance. | 0 | 112 | 10.571429 |
a0l7kk | legaladvice_train | 0.97 | My mom died and had set up a trust. The attorney is telling me the house she left will need to be sold. Can this be explained to me and what can I do? My dad (he died 5 years ago) and mom had a horrible and lengthy battle with cancer. I spent the last few months with my mother caring for her under FMLA. I have a brother who just turned 18. My mom told me the house would be mine so that my daughter could experience living in a stable home in Ohio. We had many talks about it. My mother ended up passing on November 16th. In the will, it listed her sister and law as a trustee for a trust. This trust was to keep assets (and listed the house) in a trust for my brother and I until he turned 25, when it would be split. The trustee is listed as having power to do basically anything with the assets. Today my aunt had a meeting with the attorney, which I requested to go to but was not allowed, and afterwards I get a call where she tells me that the house will need to be sold. This is my brother and I’s childhood home and in no way did my mother want this. Can anyone explain why this could be happening and if there is anything at all that can be done? | eaigo89 | eaig15a | 1,543,252,686 | 1,543,252,249 | 148 | 2 | When was the trust created? If it was set up after her terminal diagnosis as a way to shield assets from her creditors (namely the hospital where she received treatment), it's likely that the trust can be unwound based on fraudulent conveyance. | ---
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> My dad and mom had a horrible and lengthy battle with cancer. I spent the last few months with my mother caring for her under FMLA. I have a brother who just turned 18. My mom told me the house would be mine so that my daughter could experience living in a stable home. We had many talks about it. My mother ended up passing on November 16th. In the will, it listed her sister and law as a trustee for a trust. This trust was to keep assets (and listed the house) in a trust for my brother and I until he turned 25, when it would be split. The trustee is listed as having power to do basically anything with the assets. Today my aunt had a meeting with the attorney, which I requested to go to but was not allowed, and afterwards I get a call where she tells me that the house will need to be sold. This is my brother and I’s childhood home and in no way did my mother want this. Can anyone explain why this could be happening and if there is anything at all that can be done?
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a0l7kk | legaladvice_train | 0.97 | My mom died and had set up a trust. The attorney is telling me the house she left will need to be sold. Can this be explained to me and what can I do? My dad (he died 5 years ago) and mom had a horrible and lengthy battle with cancer. I spent the last few months with my mother caring for her under FMLA. I have a brother who just turned 18. My mom told me the house would be mine so that my daughter could experience living in a stable home in Ohio. We had many talks about it. My mother ended up passing on November 16th. In the will, it listed her sister and law as a trustee for a trust. This trust was to keep assets (and listed the house) in a trust for my brother and I until he turned 25, when it would be split. The trustee is listed as having power to do basically anything with the assets. Today my aunt had a meeting with the attorney, which I requested to go to but was not allowed, and afterwards I get a call where she tells me that the house will need to be sold. This is my brother and I’s childhood home and in no way did my mother want this. Can anyone explain why this could be happening and if there is anything at all that can be done? | eaing0t | eaj28io | 1,543,257,423 | 1,543,268,078 | 66 | 110 | If you are a beneficiary of this trust, get your own copy of the trust and your mother's will. Read these documents and then hire a lawyer who specializes in trusts and estates to help you. Good luck. | If you're a beneficiary of the trust then you should be able to demand an accounting. The trustee has a fiduciary duty to work in the interest of you and the other beneficiaries and it could be considered a violation if they sell the house clearly intended for you. That said my impression is that your mother likely had a mountain of medical debt and the trust property needs to be sold to offset the debt. I can't know this for sure without more information but assuming everyone did their due diligence it isn't that crazy to think that a woman who died after a lengthy battle with cancer was insolvent, especially if she had multiple children. The first step is to get an accounting and take it from there. You'll want to consult outside counsel to help you make sense of the numbers. They'll be able to tell you if this amounts to a breach by the trustee and whether you can keep the house. | 0 | 10,655 | 1.666667 |
a0l7kk | legaladvice_train | 0.97 | My mom died and had set up a trust. The attorney is telling me the house she left will need to be sold. Can this be explained to me and what can I do? My dad (he died 5 years ago) and mom had a horrible and lengthy battle with cancer. I spent the last few months with my mother caring for her under FMLA. I have a brother who just turned 18. My mom told me the house would be mine so that my daughter could experience living in a stable home in Ohio. We had many talks about it. My mother ended up passing on November 16th. In the will, it listed her sister and law as a trustee for a trust. This trust was to keep assets (and listed the house) in a trust for my brother and I until he turned 25, when it would be split. The trustee is listed as having power to do basically anything with the assets. Today my aunt had a meeting with the attorney, which I requested to go to but was not allowed, and afterwards I get a call where she tells me that the house will need to be sold. This is my brother and I’s childhood home and in no way did my mother want this. Can anyone explain why this could be happening and if there is anything at all that can be done? | eaiv4a1 | eaj28io | 1,543,262,951 | 1,543,268,078 | 45 | 110 | I'm very sorry for your loss. This is a very fast move, IMO. I would consult your own, *independent* estate attorney. Your mother's will is public record, as it is going to be entered into probate court. This will help to explain what your mother's intentions were, and it will allow your attorney to have the information he or she needs to understand the situation better. This will cost you a little bit of money. But if it protects an asset that is valuable to you it will be worth it. | If you're a beneficiary of the trust then you should be able to demand an accounting. The trustee has a fiduciary duty to work in the interest of you and the other beneficiaries and it could be considered a violation if they sell the house clearly intended for you. That said my impression is that your mother likely had a mountain of medical debt and the trust property needs to be sold to offset the debt. I can't know this for sure without more information but assuming everyone did their due diligence it isn't that crazy to think that a woman who died after a lengthy battle with cancer was insolvent, especially if she had multiple children. The first step is to get an accounting and take it from there. You'll want to consult outside counsel to help you make sense of the numbers. They'll be able to tell you if this amounts to a breach by the trustee and whether you can keep the house. | 0 | 5,127 | 2.444444 |
a0l7kk | legaladvice_train | 0.97 | My mom died and had set up a trust. The attorney is telling me the house she left will need to be sold. Can this be explained to me and what can I do? My dad (he died 5 years ago) and mom had a horrible and lengthy battle with cancer. I spent the last few months with my mother caring for her under FMLA. I have a brother who just turned 18. My mom told me the house would be mine so that my daughter could experience living in a stable home in Ohio. We had many talks about it. My mother ended up passing on November 16th. In the will, it listed her sister and law as a trustee for a trust. This trust was to keep assets (and listed the house) in a trust for my brother and I until he turned 25, when it would be split. The trustee is listed as having power to do basically anything with the assets. Today my aunt had a meeting with the attorney, which I requested to go to but was not allowed, and afterwards I get a call where she tells me that the house will need to be sold. This is my brother and I’s childhood home and in no way did my mother want this. Can anyone explain why this could be happening and if there is anything at all that can be done? | eaj28io | eaigiae | 1,543,268,078 | 1,543,252,574 | 110 | 14 | If you're a beneficiary of the trust then you should be able to demand an accounting. The trustee has a fiduciary duty to work in the interest of you and the other beneficiaries and it could be considered a violation if they sell the house clearly intended for you. That said my impression is that your mother likely had a mountain of medical debt and the trust property needs to be sold to offset the debt. I can't know this for sure without more information but assuming everyone did their due diligence it isn't that crazy to think that a woman who died after a lengthy battle with cancer was insolvent, especially if she had multiple children. The first step is to get an accounting and take it from there. You'll want to consult outside counsel to help you make sense of the numbers. They'll be able to tell you if this amounts to a breach by the trustee and whether you can keep the house. | First of all, ask your aunt why she selling it? Second of all if you don't like that answer get your own attorney | 1 | 15,504 | 7.857143 |
a0l7kk | legaladvice_train | 0.97 | My mom died and had set up a trust. The attorney is telling me the house she left will need to be sold. Can this be explained to me and what can I do? My dad (he died 5 years ago) and mom had a horrible and lengthy battle with cancer. I spent the last few months with my mother caring for her under FMLA. I have a brother who just turned 18. My mom told me the house would be mine so that my daughter could experience living in a stable home in Ohio. We had many talks about it. My mother ended up passing on November 16th. In the will, it listed her sister and law as a trustee for a trust. This trust was to keep assets (and listed the house) in a trust for my brother and I until he turned 25, when it would be split. The trustee is listed as having power to do basically anything with the assets. Today my aunt had a meeting with the attorney, which I requested to go to but was not allowed, and afterwards I get a call where she tells me that the house will need to be sold. This is my brother and I’s childhood home and in no way did my mother want this. Can anyone explain why this could be happening and if there is anything at all that can be done? | eaig15a | eaj28io | 1,543,252,249 | 1,543,268,078 | 2 | 110 | ---
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> My dad and mom had a horrible and lengthy battle with cancer. I spent the last few months with my mother caring for her under FMLA. I have a brother who just turned 18. My mom told me the house would be mine so that my daughter could experience living in a stable home. We had many talks about it. My mother ended up passing on November 16th. In the will, it listed her sister and law as a trustee for a trust. This trust was to keep assets (and listed the house) in a trust for my brother and I until he turned 25, when it would be split. The trustee is listed as having power to do basically anything with the assets. Today my aunt had a meeting with the attorney, which I requested to go to but was not allowed, and afterwards I get a call where she tells me that the house will need to be sold. This is my brother and I’s childhood home and in no way did my mother want this. Can anyone explain why this could be happening and if there is anything at all that can be done?
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LocationBot 4.300172817 | GitHub (Coming Soon) | Statistics | Report Issues | If you're a beneficiary of the trust then you should be able to demand an accounting. The trustee has a fiduciary duty to work in the interest of you and the other beneficiaries and it could be considered a violation if they sell the house clearly intended for you. That said my impression is that your mother likely had a mountain of medical debt and the trust property needs to be sold to offset the debt. I can't know this for sure without more information but assuming everyone did their due diligence it isn't that crazy to think that a woman who died after a lengthy battle with cancer was insolvent, especially if she had multiple children. The first step is to get an accounting and take it from there. You'll want to consult outside counsel to help you make sense of the numbers. They'll be able to tell you if this amounts to a breach by the trustee and whether you can keep the house. | 0 | 15,829 | 55 |
a0l7kk | legaladvice_train | 0.97 | My mom died and had set up a trust. The attorney is telling me the house she left will need to be sold. Can this be explained to me and what can I do? My dad (he died 5 years ago) and mom had a horrible and lengthy battle with cancer. I spent the last few months with my mother caring for her under FMLA. I have a brother who just turned 18. My mom told me the house would be mine so that my daughter could experience living in a stable home in Ohio. We had many talks about it. My mother ended up passing on November 16th. In the will, it listed her sister and law as a trustee for a trust. This trust was to keep assets (and listed the house) in a trust for my brother and I until he turned 25, when it would be split. The trustee is listed as having power to do basically anything with the assets. Today my aunt had a meeting with the attorney, which I requested to go to but was not allowed, and afterwards I get a call where she tells me that the house will need to be sold. This is my brother and I’s childhood home and in no way did my mother want this. Can anyone explain why this could be happening and if there is anything at all that can be done? | eaing0t | eaigiae | 1,543,257,423 | 1,543,252,574 | 66 | 14 | If you are a beneficiary of this trust, get your own copy of the trust and your mother's will. Read these documents and then hire a lawyer who specializes in trusts and estates to help you. Good luck. | First of all, ask your aunt why she selling it? Second of all if you don't like that answer get your own attorney | 1 | 4,849 | 4.714286 |
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> My dad and mom had a horrible and lengthy battle with cancer. I spent the last few months with my mother caring for her under FMLA. I have a brother who just turned 18. My mom told me the house would be mine so that my daughter could experience living in a stable home. We had many talks about it. My mother ended up passing on November 16th. In the will, it listed her sister and law as a trustee for a trust. This trust was to keep assets (and listed the house) in a trust for my brother and I until he turned 25, when it would be split. The trustee is listed as having power to do basically anything with the assets. Today my aunt had a meeting with the attorney, which I requested to go to but was not allowed, and afterwards I get a call where she tells me that the house will need to be sold. This is my brother and I’s childhood home and in no way did my mother want this. Can anyone explain why this could be happening and if there is anything at all that can be done?
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a0l7kk | legaladvice_train | 0.97 | My mom died and had set up a trust. The attorney is telling me the house she left will need to be sold. Can this be explained to me and what can I do? My dad (he died 5 years ago) and mom had a horrible and lengthy battle with cancer. I spent the last few months with my mother caring for her under FMLA. I have a brother who just turned 18. My mom told me the house would be mine so that my daughter could experience living in a stable home in Ohio. We had many talks about it. My mother ended up passing on November 16th. In the will, it listed her sister and law as a trustee for a trust. This trust was to keep assets (and listed the house) in a trust for my brother and I until he turned 25, when it would be split. The trustee is listed as having power to do basically anything with the assets. Today my aunt had a meeting with the attorney, which I requested to go to but was not allowed, and afterwards I get a call where she tells me that the house will need to be sold. This is my brother and I’s childhood home and in no way did my mother want this. Can anyone explain why this could be happening and if there is anything at all that can be done? | eajl6qg | eaiv4a1 | 1,543,284,211 | 1,543,262,951 | 56 | 45 | There is one aspect that has not been mentioned. The house is in the Trust to be held until your brother reaches 25 which is several years on down the road. That is several years of property taxes as well as upkeep for the house which falls on the Trust which the Trustee will have to handle. She may harbor no ill will. It just may be for expediency since it is a lot easier (and cheaper) to sit on a pile of money which can then be easily split into two when the time comes. She may even be doing because it will save you money in the long run. She may also think she knows better than you what is best for you. Any way you slice it, you need a lawyer. Consult should be free but they will want a retainer or to bill per hour after that. However, as it has been mentioned, records are public and what aren’t, you have rights to as a beneficiary. However, sometimes it takes angry letters from attorneys to get them. | I'm very sorry for your loss. This is a very fast move, IMO. I would consult your own, *independent* estate attorney. Your mother's will is public record, as it is going to be entered into probate court. This will help to explain what your mother's intentions were, and it will allow your attorney to have the information he or she needs to understand the situation better. This will cost you a little bit of money. But if it protects an asset that is valuable to you it will be worth it. | 1 | 21,260 | 1.244444 |
a0l7kk | legaladvice_train | 0.97 | My mom died and had set up a trust. The attorney is telling me the house she left will need to be sold. Can this be explained to me and what can I do? My dad (he died 5 years ago) and mom had a horrible and lengthy battle with cancer. I spent the last few months with my mother caring for her under FMLA. I have a brother who just turned 18. My mom told me the house would be mine so that my daughter could experience living in a stable home in Ohio. We had many talks about it. My mother ended up passing on November 16th. In the will, it listed her sister and law as a trustee for a trust. This trust was to keep assets (and listed the house) in a trust for my brother and I until he turned 25, when it would be split. The trustee is listed as having power to do basically anything with the assets. Today my aunt had a meeting with the attorney, which I requested to go to but was not allowed, and afterwards I get a call where she tells me that the house will need to be sold. This is my brother and I’s childhood home and in no way did my mother want this. Can anyone explain why this could be happening and if there is anything at all that can be done? | eaigiae | eajl6qg | 1,543,252,574 | 1,543,284,211 | 14 | 56 | First of all, ask your aunt why she selling it? Second of all if you don't like that answer get your own attorney | There is one aspect that has not been mentioned. The house is in the Trust to be held until your brother reaches 25 which is several years on down the road. That is several years of property taxes as well as upkeep for the house which falls on the Trust which the Trustee will have to handle. She may harbor no ill will. It just may be for expediency since it is a lot easier (and cheaper) to sit on a pile of money which can then be easily split into two when the time comes. She may even be doing because it will save you money in the long run. She may also think she knows better than you what is best for you. Any way you slice it, you need a lawyer. Consult should be free but they will want a retainer or to bill per hour after that. However, as it has been mentioned, records are public and what aren’t, you have rights to as a beneficiary. However, sometimes it takes angry letters from attorneys to get them. | 0 | 31,637 | 4 |
a0l7kk | legaladvice_train | 0.97 | My mom died and had set up a trust. The attorney is telling me the house she left will need to be sold. Can this be explained to me and what can I do? My dad (he died 5 years ago) and mom had a horrible and lengthy battle with cancer. I spent the last few months with my mother caring for her under FMLA. I have a brother who just turned 18. My mom told me the house would be mine so that my daughter could experience living in a stable home in Ohio. We had many talks about it. My mother ended up passing on November 16th. In the will, it listed her sister and law as a trustee for a trust. This trust was to keep assets (and listed the house) in a trust for my brother and I until he turned 25, when it would be split. The trustee is listed as having power to do basically anything with the assets. Today my aunt had a meeting with the attorney, which I requested to go to but was not allowed, and afterwards I get a call where she tells me that the house will need to be sold. This is my brother and I’s childhood home and in no way did my mother want this. Can anyone explain why this could be happening and if there is anything at all that can be done? | eajl6qg | eaig15a | 1,543,284,211 | 1,543,252,249 | 56 | 2 | There is one aspect that has not been mentioned. The house is in the Trust to be held until your brother reaches 25 which is several years on down the road. That is several years of property taxes as well as upkeep for the house which falls on the Trust which the Trustee will have to handle. She may harbor no ill will. It just may be for expediency since it is a lot easier (and cheaper) to sit on a pile of money which can then be easily split into two when the time comes. She may even be doing because it will save you money in the long run. She may also think she knows better than you what is best for you. Any way you slice it, you need a lawyer. Consult should be free but they will want a retainer or to bill per hour after that. However, as it has been mentioned, records are public and what aren’t, you have rights to as a beneficiary. However, sometimes it takes angry letters from attorneys to get them. | ---
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> My dad and mom had a horrible and lengthy battle with cancer. I spent the last few months with my mother caring for her under FMLA. I have a brother who just turned 18. My mom told me the house would be mine so that my daughter could experience living in a stable home. We had many talks about it. My mother ended up passing on November 16th. In the will, it listed her sister and law as a trustee for a trust. This trust was to keep assets (and listed the house) in a trust for my brother and I until he turned 25, when it would be split. The trustee is listed as having power to do basically anything with the assets. Today my aunt had a meeting with the attorney, which I requested to go to but was not allowed, and afterwards I get a call where she tells me that the house will need to be sold. This is my brother and I’s childhood home and in no way did my mother want this. Can anyone explain why this could be happening and if there is anything at all that can be done?
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a0l7kk | legaladvice_train | 0.97 | My mom died and had set up a trust. The attorney is telling me the house she left will need to be sold. Can this be explained to me and what can I do? My dad (he died 5 years ago) and mom had a horrible and lengthy battle with cancer. I spent the last few months with my mother caring for her under FMLA. I have a brother who just turned 18. My mom told me the house would be mine so that my daughter could experience living in a stable home in Ohio. We had many talks about it. My mother ended up passing on November 16th. In the will, it listed her sister and law as a trustee for a trust. This trust was to keep assets (and listed the house) in a trust for my brother and I until he turned 25, when it would be split. The trustee is listed as having power to do basically anything with the assets. Today my aunt had a meeting with the attorney, which I requested to go to but was not allowed, and afterwards I get a call where she tells me that the house will need to be sold. This is my brother and I’s childhood home and in no way did my mother want this. Can anyone explain why this could be happening and if there is anything at all that can be done? | eaigiae | eaiv4a1 | 1,543,252,574 | 1,543,262,951 | 14 | 45 | First of all, ask your aunt why she selling it? Second of all if you don't like that answer get your own attorney | I'm very sorry for your loss. This is a very fast move, IMO. I would consult your own, *independent* estate attorney. Your mother's will is public record, as it is going to be entered into probate court. This will help to explain what your mother's intentions were, and it will allow your attorney to have the information he or she needs to understand the situation better. This will cost you a little bit of money. But if it protects an asset that is valuable to you it will be worth it. | 0 | 10,377 | 3.214286 |
a0l7kk | legaladvice_train | 0.97 | My mom died and had set up a trust. The attorney is telling me the house she left will need to be sold. Can this be explained to me and what can I do? My dad (he died 5 years ago) and mom had a horrible and lengthy battle with cancer. I spent the last few months with my mother caring for her under FMLA. I have a brother who just turned 18. My mom told me the house would be mine so that my daughter could experience living in a stable home in Ohio. We had many talks about it. My mother ended up passing on November 16th. In the will, it listed her sister and law as a trustee for a trust. This trust was to keep assets (and listed the house) in a trust for my brother and I until he turned 25, when it would be split. The trustee is listed as having power to do basically anything with the assets. Today my aunt had a meeting with the attorney, which I requested to go to but was not allowed, and afterwards I get a call where she tells me that the house will need to be sold. This is my brother and I’s childhood home and in no way did my mother want this. Can anyone explain why this could be happening and if there is anything at all that can be done? | eaiv4a1 | eaig15a | 1,543,262,951 | 1,543,252,249 | 45 | 2 | I'm very sorry for your loss. This is a very fast move, IMO. I would consult your own, *independent* estate attorney. Your mother's will is public record, as it is going to be entered into probate court. This will help to explain what your mother's intentions were, and it will allow your attorney to have the information he or she needs to understand the situation better. This will cost you a little bit of money. But if it protects an asset that is valuable to you it will be worth it. | ---
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> My dad and mom had a horrible and lengthy battle with cancer. I spent the last few months with my mother caring for her under FMLA. I have a brother who just turned 18. My mom told me the house would be mine so that my daughter could experience living in a stable home. We had many talks about it. My mother ended up passing on November 16th. In the will, it listed her sister and law as a trustee for a trust. This trust was to keep assets (and listed the house) in a trust for my brother and I until he turned 25, when it would be split. The trustee is listed as having power to do basically anything with the assets. Today my aunt had a meeting with the attorney, which I requested to go to but was not allowed, and afterwards I get a call where she tells me that the house will need to be sold. This is my brother and I’s childhood home and in no way did my mother want this. Can anyone explain why this could be happening and if there is anything at all that can be done?
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a0l7kk | legaladvice_train | 0.97 | My mom died and had set up a trust. The attorney is telling me the house she left will need to be sold. Can this be explained to me and what can I do? My dad (he died 5 years ago) and mom had a horrible and lengthy battle with cancer. I spent the last few months with my mother caring for her under FMLA. I have a brother who just turned 18. My mom told me the house would be mine so that my daughter could experience living in a stable home in Ohio. We had many talks about it. My mother ended up passing on November 16th. In the will, it listed her sister and law as a trustee for a trust. This trust was to keep assets (and listed the house) in a trust for my brother and I until he turned 25, when it would be split. The trustee is listed as having power to do basically anything with the assets. Today my aunt had a meeting with the attorney, which I requested to go to but was not allowed, and afterwards I get a call where she tells me that the house will need to be sold. This is my brother and I’s childhood home and in no way did my mother want this. Can anyone explain why this could be happening and if there is anything at all that can be done? | eaigiae | eajnb3z | 1,543,252,574 | 1,543,286,100 | 14 | 25 | First of all, ask your aunt why she selling it? Second of all if you don't like that answer get your own attorney | Lawyer here. I was just looking at an issue that might explain this. ​ First question, were your parents in assisted living homes? If so, Medicaid may be looking for reimbursement. Unless the trust was called a Medicaid Asset Protection Trust (MAPT), the assets may be subject to Medicaid reimbursement. ​ Second, do you have a copy of the Trust? I would look to see who can change the trustee. | 0 | 33,526 | 1.785714 |
a0l7kk | legaladvice_train | 0.97 | My mom died and had set up a trust. The attorney is telling me the house she left will need to be sold. Can this be explained to me and what can I do? My dad (he died 5 years ago) and mom had a horrible and lengthy battle with cancer. I spent the last few months with my mother caring for her under FMLA. I have a brother who just turned 18. My mom told me the house would be mine so that my daughter could experience living in a stable home in Ohio. We had many talks about it. My mother ended up passing on November 16th. In the will, it listed her sister and law as a trustee for a trust. This trust was to keep assets (and listed the house) in a trust for my brother and I until he turned 25, when it would be split. The trustee is listed as having power to do basically anything with the assets. Today my aunt had a meeting with the attorney, which I requested to go to but was not allowed, and afterwards I get a call where she tells me that the house will need to be sold. This is my brother and I’s childhood home and in no way did my mother want this. Can anyone explain why this could be happening and if there is anything at all that can be done? | eajnb3z | eaig15a | 1,543,286,100 | 1,543,252,249 | 25 | 2 | Lawyer here. I was just looking at an issue that might explain this. ​ First question, were your parents in assisted living homes? If so, Medicaid may be looking for reimbursement. Unless the trust was called a Medicaid Asset Protection Trust (MAPT), the assets may be subject to Medicaid reimbursement. ​ Second, do you have a copy of the Trust? I would look to see who can change the trustee. | ---
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> My dad and mom had a horrible and lengthy battle with cancer. I spent the last few months with my mother caring for her under FMLA. I have a brother who just turned 18. My mom told me the house would be mine so that my daughter could experience living in a stable home. We had many talks about it. My mother ended up passing on November 16th. In the will, it listed her sister and law as a trustee for a trust. This trust was to keep assets (and listed the house) in a trust for my brother and I until he turned 25, when it would be split. The trustee is listed as having power to do basically anything with the assets. Today my aunt had a meeting with the attorney, which I requested to go to but was not allowed, and afterwards I get a call where she tells me that the house will need to be sold. This is my brother and I’s childhood home and in no way did my mother want this. Can anyone explain why this could be happening and if there is anything at all that can be done?
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> My dad and mom had a horrible and lengthy battle with cancer. I spent the last few months with my mother caring for her under FMLA. I have a brother who just turned 18. My mom told me the house would be mine so that my daughter could experience living in a stable home. We had many talks about it. My mother ended up passing on November 16th. In the will, it listed her sister and law as a trustee for a trust. This trust was to keep assets (and listed the house) in a trust for my brother and I until he turned 25, when it would be split. The trustee is listed as having power to do basically anything with the assets. Today my aunt had a meeting with the attorney, which I requested to go to but was not allowed, and afterwards I get a call where she tells me that the house will need to be sold. This is my brother and I’s childhood home and in no way did my mother want this. Can anyone explain why this could be happening and if there is anything at all that can be done?
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Title: **My mom died and had set up a trust. The attorney is telling me the house she left will need to be sold. Can this be explained to me and what can I do?**
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> My dad and mom had a horrible and lengthy battle with cancer. I spent the last few months with my mother caring for her under FMLA. I have a brother who just turned 18. My mom told me the house would be mine so that my daughter could experience living in a stable home. We had many talks about it. My mother ended up passing on November 16th. In the will, it listed her sister and law as a trustee for a trust. This trust was to keep assets (and listed the house) in a trust for my brother and I until he turned 25, when it would be split. The trustee is listed as having power to do basically anything with the assets. Today my aunt had a meeting with the attorney, which I requested to go to but was not allowed, and afterwards I get a call where she tells me that the house will need to be sold. This is my brother and I’s childhood home and in no way did my mother want this. Can anyone explain why this could be happening and if there is anything at all that can be done?
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a0l7kk | legaladvice_train | 0.97 | My mom died and had set up a trust. The attorney is telling me the house she left will need to be sold. Can this be explained to me and what can I do? My dad (he died 5 years ago) and mom had a horrible and lengthy battle with cancer. I spent the last few months with my mother caring for her under FMLA. I have a brother who just turned 18. My mom told me the house would be mine so that my daughter could experience living in a stable home in Ohio. We had many talks about it. My mother ended up passing on November 16th. In the will, it listed her sister and law as a trustee for a trust. This trust was to keep assets (and listed the house) in a trust for my brother and I until he turned 25, when it would be split. The trustee is listed as having power to do basically anything with the assets. Today my aunt had a meeting with the attorney, which I requested to go to but was not allowed, and afterwards I get a call where she tells me that the house will need to be sold. This is my brother and I’s childhood home and in no way did my mother want this. Can anyone explain why this could be happening and if there is anything at all that can be done? | eal40nt | eaig15a | 1,543,342,948 | 1,543,252,249 | 5 | 2 | Please hire a estate and trust lawyer to help you with this ASAP. Your Aunt or her lawyer might not have good intentions so you need someone to review the trust agreement who is knowledgable about your rights as a beneficiary of the turst and to represent your best interests. Your aunt and her lawyer should be more upfront with you since, as the trustee, she has a fiduciary duty to you and the other benificiaries of the trust. But since the communication is so poor it appears that she might not be looking out for you and might have alterior motives. I am not a lawyer, but I also beleive that if there is an issue with your Aunt that is counter to your interests then you might be able to get her replaced by a different trustee - this would be something to ask your lawyer about. ​ To find a lawyer ask friends and other relatives, or their parents, if they know a good lawyer who does wills and estate planning. Or follow the advice in the sidebar about finding a lawyer though the bar assiciation. Call at least a couple lawyers and ask for a "free consultation". This usually involves a breif session where you explain your issue, the lawyer tells you what they'd recommend and what their fee would be for doing it. It's more like a mix between a job interview and a sales presentation than a consultation but it will help you figure out which lawyer to hire or if you feel comfortable working with them. ​ | ---
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Title: **My mom died and had set up a trust. The attorney is telling me the house she left will need to be sold. Can this be explained to me and what can I do?**
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> My dad and mom had a horrible and lengthy battle with cancer. I spent the last few months with my mother caring for her under FMLA. I have a brother who just turned 18. My mom told me the house would be mine so that my daughter could experience living in a stable home. We had many talks about it. My mother ended up passing on November 16th. In the will, it listed her sister and law as a trustee for a trust. This trust was to keep assets (and listed the house) in a trust for my brother and I until he turned 25, when it would be split. The trustee is listed as having power to do basically anything with the assets. Today my aunt had a meeting with the attorney, which I requested to go to but was not allowed, and afterwards I get a call where she tells me that the house will need to be sold. This is my brother and I’s childhood home and in no way did my mother want this. Can anyone explain why this could be happening and if there is anything at all that can be done?
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ydah1e | legaladvice_train | 0.94 | what type of attorney do I need to talk to in regards to a deed and will being held "hostage"? My grandmother did not have much money so she doesn't have a full "estate" formally established or anything but had a basic will. Additionally we were buying a family home from her when she died. We made the final home payment and paid it to the estate (split it between the surviving siblings), however one of my aunts is executing all of my grandmother's will and paperwork. However, she is not releasing the will to be read by any of the family at all and is refusing to provide the deed to the now paid in full property. Who do I need to reach out to? I hate to do it but I'm fully and without hesitation ready to take her to court if needed. | ituvwdb | its798m | 1,666,793,721 | 1,666,736,806 | 4 | 3 | You need to have a attorney. Did you have an attorney do the property sale? If the sale was done properly the ownership would be transferred to the new owner. Something is fishy. | If necessary, you can purchase the deed from a title/abstract company. Get ready to take her to court. You need to discuss with a probate attorney if the heirs should force probate open (pay the filing fees to open up probate at the county courthouse probate court) and then she will either automatically produce it for the probate court proceedings or your attorney will prepare a court order to ask the judge to ask auntie to produce the will if she has it. | 1 | 56,915 | 1.333333 |
pibb80 | legaladvice_train | 0.98 | My mom had $700 dollars in her account when she died... As the title reads, my mom had $700 dollars in her bank account at the time of her death, but she owes thousands to at least 13 creditors including over $1000 to Chase after they repossessed her car when she passed and sold it at auction. Her personal effects were of little to no value (most were donated to Goodwill) and she was on renters assistance when she had to go into hospice care. I have been contacted by one creditor offering to "help settle" her estate in terms of the money she owes them... but with only $700... and the thousands she owes, it seems ridiculous to send all of that remaining money to one of them - or even to break it up and send $53.84 to all 13 of the creditors leaving me with nothing to help cover the after-death expenses (cremation and whatnot). So... can I just blow these people (companies) off and not respond? Will they be able to find out about the $700 bucks and come after me? I am *not* a co-signer on any of her accounts, there was no Will and as her estate is so meager, there won't be any sort of probate. I am the sole surviving heir. Thanks in advance for your guidance. | hbozhxu | hbooq6d | 1,630,854,232 | 1,630,849,186 | 85 | 37 | When debts exceed assets, an estate can be declared insolvent, a kind of bankruptcy. In that case, California law determines the order in which debts are paid. ~~You keep~~ *The person in charge of the estate keeps using estate assets to pay bills,* until ~~you run~~ *the estate runs* out of money. Creditors at the bottom of the list are out of luck. So, you can tell creditors that the estate is insolvent but they. can put in a claim with the estate if they choose. Make no promises of payment of any kind. If you choose to walk away and do nothing about probate, a creditor can step in and petition for appointment as the estate representative in hopes of getting something. With so little in the estate, it’s likely no creditor will do that. Wills, estates, and probate from the California courts has a lot of information. Closing the estate has information on what kinds of records you will need if you probate the estate as insolvent. The law that tells you the order in which debts are paid “Expenses of administration” include attorney fees and things like court fees, notary fees, storage fees, utility bills, and more. Look at section 11422 for info on insolvent estates. | What state are you in? It matters, as the rules differ. (Edit, because I went on a bit:. TLDR: depending on your state, you could be entitled to the funds as reimbursement for the funeral, to the exclusion of any creditors, including taxes.) Regardless, you are not personally liable for your mother's debts (unless you co-signed or guaranteed them). You don't have to do anything. None of them can come after you. Every state has a mechanism by which creditors can go through the courts to access a decedent's funds to pay off a debt. You can ignore that, too. As for what Wells Fargo thinks it can do, that depends on the state. In many states, it is illegal for banks to access decedent's funds held at their own institution to pay off debts owed to itself without following the proper court procedures. In a lot of states, if you ignore opening probate, that money will eventually find its way back to you. For example, in Massachusetts, creditors have to file a proper claim (which can include opening probate themselves) within a year of death. If they don't, their claim is barred. If no probate is ever opened, the money escheats to the state and can later be claimed by you. Or, as others have mentioned, you could provide a small estate affidavit and get the money in one step. But if your states have a creditor period that is favorable to you (like in MA), then just wait until that time period has passed before opening probate. The IRS, state department of revenue, and state Medicair are what likely will need to get paid before you. Except that most states provide for the reimbursement of funeral expenses off the top. I suspect that would take care of the $700. In fact, come to think of it, if you keep the receipt from the funeral and it is in excess of the funds she had, you could probably do a small estate affidavit whenever, since (depending on the state) you may be entitled to those funds as reimbursement. It really depends on the state. Sorry if you mentioned it and I missed it. | 1 | 5,046 | 2.297297 |
pibb80 | legaladvice_train | 0.98 | My mom had $700 dollars in her account when she died... As the title reads, my mom had $700 dollars in her bank account at the time of her death, but she owes thousands to at least 13 creditors including over $1000 to Chase after they repossessed her car when she passed and sold it at auction. Her personal effects were of little to no value (most were donated to Goodwill) and she was on renters assistance when she had to go into hospice care. I have been contacted by one creditor offering to "help settle" her estate in terms of the money she owes them... but with only $700... and the thousands she owes, it seems ridiculous to send all of that remaining money to one of them - or even to break it up and send $53.84 to all 13 of the creditors leaving me with nothing to help cover the after-death expenses (cremation and whatnot). So... can I just blow these people (companies) off and not respond? Will they be able to find out about the $700 bucks and come after me? I am *not* a co-signer on any of her accounts, there was no Will and as her estate is so meager, there won't be any sort of probate. I am the sole surviving heir. Thanks in advance for your guidance. | hbooq6d | hbp6ren | 1,630,849,186 | 1,630,857,465 | 37 | 59 | What state are you in? It matters, as the rules differ. (Edit, because I went on a bit:. TLDR: depending on your state, you could be entitled to the funds as reimbursement for the funeral, to the exclusion of any creditors, including taxes.) Regardless, you are not personally liable for your mother's debts (unless you co-signed or guaranteed them). You don't have to do anything. None of them can come after you. Every state has a mechanism by which creditors can go through the courts to access a decedent's funds to pay off a debt. You can ignore that, too. As for what Wells Fargo thinks it can do, that depends on the state. In many states, it is illegal for banks to access decedent's funds held at their own institution to pay off debts owed to itself without following the proper court procedures. In a lot of states, if you ignore opening probate, that money will eventually find its way back to you. For example, in Massachusetts, creditors have to file a proper claim (which can include opening probate themselves) within a year of death. If they don't, their claim is barred. If no probate is ever opened, the money escheats to the state and can later be claimed by you. Or, as others have mentioned, you could provide a small estate affidavit and get the money in one step. But if your states have a creditor period that is favorable to you (like in MA), then just wait until that time period has passed before opening probate. The IRS, state department of revenue, and state Medicair are what likely will need to get paid before you. Except that most states provide for the reimbursement of funeral expenses off the top. I suspect that would take care of the $700. In fact, come to think of it, if you keep the receipt from the funeral and it is in excess of the funds she had, you could probably do a small estate affidavit whenever, since (depending on the state) you may be entitled to those funds as reimbursement. It really depends on the state. Sorry if you mentioned it and I missed it. | DO NOT AGREE TO PAY ANYTHING. These are not your debts. Once you get into discussions about paying off debts you may be on the hook. | 0 | 8,279 | 1.594595 |
pibb80 | legaladvice_train | 0.98 | My mom had $700 dollars in her account when she died... As the title reads, my mom had $700 dollars in her bank account at the time of her death, but she owes thousands to at least 13 creditors including over $1000 to Chase after they repossessed her car when she passed and sold it at auction. Her personal effects were of little to no value (most were donated to Goodwill) and she was on renters assistance when she had to go into hospice care. I have been contacted by one creditor offering to "help settle" her estate in terms of the money she owes them... but with only $700... and the thousands she owes, it seems ridiculous to send all of that remaining money to one of them - or even to break it up and send $53.84 to all 13 of the creditors leaving me with nothing to help cover the after-death expenses (cremation and whatnot). So... can I just blow these people (companies) off and not respond? Will they be able to find out about the $700 bucks and come after me? I am *not* a co-signer on any of her accounts, there was no Will and as her estate is so meager, there won't be any sort of probate. I am the sole surviving heir. Thanks in advance for your guidance. | hbp6ren | hbp4ehq | 1,630,857,465 | 1,630,856,425 | 59 | 18 | DO NOT AGREE TO PAY ANYTHING. These are not your debts. Once you get into discussions about paying off debts you may be on the hook. | Attorney here. Not your attorney. You need to file a probate application with the court. During probate the executor will have to gather all the assets and all creditors will be notified of the value of the estate. Once they realize there is no money to be had, they probably won't pursue it. When my dad passed we did an affidavit of his estate's value and every creditor moved on, and he owned a lot with a trailer and 3 cars. | 1 | 1,040 | 3.277778 |
pibb80 | legaladvice_train | 0.98 | My mom had $700 dollars in her account when she died... As the title reads, my mom had $700 dollars in her bank account at the time of her death, but she owes thousands to at least 13 creditors including over $1000 to Chase after they repossessed her car when she passed and sold it at auction. Her personal effects were of little to no value (most were donated to Goodwill) and she was on renters assistance when she had to go into hospice care. I have been contacted by one creditor offering to "help settle" her estate in terms of the money she owes them... but with only $700... and the thousands she owes, it seems ridiculous to send all of that remaining money to one of them - or even to break it up and send $53.84 to all 13 of the creditors leaving me with nothing to help cover the after-death expenses (cremation and whatnot). So... can I just blow these people (companies) off and not respond? Will they be able to find out about the $700 bucks and come after me? I am *not* a co-signer on any of her accounts, there was no Will and as her estate is so meager, there won't be any sort of probate. I am the sole surviving heir. Thanks in advance for your guidance. | hbp4ehq | hbpg1eb | 1,630,856,425 | 1,630,861,553 | 18 | 32 | Attorney here. Not your attorney. You need to file a probate application with the court. During probate the executor will have to gather all the assets and all creditors will be notified of the value of the estate. Once they realize there is no money to be had, they probably won't pursue it. When my dad passed we did an affidavit of his estate's value and every creditor moved on, and he owned a lot with a trailer and 3 cars. | Sorry for your loss. And sorry you're being harassed by idiot creditors / debt collectors looking to scrape a last few dollars out of the estate. ​ Anyhow, I'm Not a lawyer, and you should consult with one (many offer free consultation, even), but... ​ First, you are **NOT** responsible for a parent's debts after they die. Creditors will try and get you to *take* responsibility, etc.; but this is a ploy to get you to pay them money *they are not owed by you.* Second, as /u/gracesw said, if there are any further calls from these creditors, you can simply inform them that there isn't anything left in the estate after funeral expenses were paid. If they persist, inform them (in no uncertain terms) that they are to stop calling you, as you are not responsible for these debts, and then block their number if possible. The best policy with these sort of debt collectors / creditors is to engage with them as *little* as possible. ​ Again, DO NOT agree to pay these creditors from your funds. You are NOT responsible for the debts that your mother had. The estate is responsible, legally, and the estate is *not you.* The creditors are... how to put this... out of luck on collecting on the debt. | 0 | 5,128 | 1.777778 |
usqrlc | legaladvice_train | 0.97 | Dad passed away, apparently he owns land but it looks like homes are built on it although my mom still has to pay the taxes. I'm not sure where to post this or what to do, so please redirect me if this is the wrong subreddit. My dad passed away in August. He and my mother purchased land in PA sometime in the 1970s. We live in AZ. The land had nothing built on it at the time. My mom never handled the finances, so she forgot about the land completely until she got a tax form this year to pay the taxes on the land. There was also a letter from someone else (I dont have it in front of me) offering to buy the land for $4000. Curious, I looked up the address on Google, and it looks like homes are built on the land. How can homes be built on my mom's land if she's still paying the taxes and hasn't sold it? I don't know how to help her or where to start. Thanks for any responses. | i954wje | i95558s | 1,652,919,685 | 1,652,919,800 | 9 | 116 | Who is probating your father's estate? | Adverse Possession is a possibility. You may want to confirm what is owned and what is supposed to be on the land. Find out how to get a copy of all building permits for the land. You need more info and you need to act sooner rather than later. You might need to travel to see the land as well. | 0 | 115 | 12.888889 |
usqrlc | legaladvice_train | 0.97 | Dad passed away, apparently he owns land but it looks like homes are built on it although my mom still has to pay the taxes. I'm not sure where to post this or what to do, so please redirect me if this is the wrong subreddit. My dad passed away in August. He and my mother purchased land in PA sometime in the 1970s. We live in AZ. The land had nothing built on it at the time. My mom never handled the finances, so she forgot about the land completely until she got a tax form this year to pay the taxes on the land. There was also a letter from someone else (I dont have it in front of me) offering to buy the land for $4000. Curious, I looked up the address on Google, and it looks like homes are built on the land. How can homes be built on my mom's land if she's still paying the taxes and hasn't sold it? I don't know how to help her or where to start. Thanks for any responses. | i954wje | i95kuce | 1,652,919,685 | 1,652,927,152 | 9 | 29 | Who is probating your father's estate? | Not a lawyer. Are you able to look at your mom's tax bill and see what the assessed value is? There should be separate values for the land and for any buildings on it, and then the total of both. In her case, the there should only be an assessment for land with a 0 value for buildings. This will at least let you know immediately if she has been paying for anything she didn’t put up. Also, if it is just assessed for land, that should tell you the local government didn’t authorize the building of any permanent structures. But you'll still have to confirm whether any were actually put up. Google maps is not necessarily absolute for that. | 0 | 7,467 | 3.222222 |
usqrlc | legaladvice_train | 0.97 | Dad passed away, apparently he owns land but it looks like homes are built on it although my mom still has to pay the taxes. I'm not sure where to post this or what to do, so please redirect me if this is the wrong subreddit. My dad passed away in August. He and my mother purchased land in PA sometime in the 1970s. We live in AZ. The land had nothing built on it at the time. My mom never handled the finances, so she forgot about the land completely until she got a tax form this year to pay the taxes on the land. There was also a letter from someone else (I dont have it in front of me) offering to buy the land for $4000. Curious, I looked up the address on Google, and it looks like homes are built on the land. How can homes be built on my mom's land if she's still paying the taxes and hasn't sold it? I don't know how to help her or where to start. Thanks for any responses. | i9611nf | i95wi7e | 1,652,936,149 | 1,652,933,282 | 16 | 12 | Does the property actually have a street address or just a parcel number? You'd want to reference the county GIS with aerial images as the basemap as Google Maps may be showing you a property to either side of the actual property. While it's got better in recent years, it's still not unusual for rural properties to have addresses mismapped. | So a lot of things here... PA is big and has a lot of rural Counties. It also has a lot of non-specific addresses for properties. Some land has value, some does not. Look at that tax bill and figure out the County the property is in. Go to the County website and look for a property assessment page. Most counties have one and you can search it with the paperwork you have (parcel ID or Tax Map or similar info). If you are lucky they might even have a GIS department that will show you the exact location. Start there and see if you actually own the land. | 1 | 2,867 | 1.333333 |
usqrlc | legaladvice_train | 0.97 | Dad passed away, apparently he owns land but it looks like homes are built on it although my mom still has to pay the taxes. I'm not sure where to post this or what to do, so please redirect me if this is the wrong subreddit. My dad passed away in August. He and my mother purchased land in PA sometime in the 1970s. We live in AZ. The land had nothing built on it at the time. My mom never handled the finances, so she forgot about the land completely until she got a tax form this year to pay the taxes on the land. There was also a letter from someone else (I dont have it in front of me) offering to buy the land for $4000. Curious, I looked up the address on Google, and it looks like homes are built on the land. How can homes be built on my mom's land if she's still paying the taxes and hasn't sold it? I don't know how to help her or where to start. Thanks for any responses. | i954wje | i9611nf | 1,652,919,685 | 1,652,936,149 | 9 | 16 | Who is probating your father's estate? | Does the property actually have a street address or just a parcel number? You'd want to reference the county GIS with aerial images as the basemap as Google Maps may be showing you a property to either side of the actual property. While it's got better in recent years, it's still not unusual for rural properties to have addresses mismapped. | 0 | 16,464 | 1.777778 |
usqrlc | legaladvice_train | 0.97 | Dad passed away, apparently he owns land but it looks like homes are built on it although my mom still has to pay the taxes. I'm not sure where to post this or what to do, so please redirect me if this is the wrong subreddit. My dad passed away in August. He and my mother purchased land in PA sometime in the 1970s. We live in AZ. The land had nothing built on it at the time. My mom never handled the finances, so she forgot about the land completely until she got a tax form this year to pay the taxes on the land. There was also a letter from someone else (I dont have it in front of me) offering to buy the land for $4000. Curious, I looked up the address on Google, and it looks like homes are built on the land. How can homes be built on my mom's land if she's still paying the taxes and hasn't sold it? I don't know how to help her or where to start. Thanks for any responses. | i9611nf | i960ca0 | 1,652,936,149 | 1,652,935,681 | 16 | 7 | Does the property actually have a street address or just a parcel number? You'd want to reference the county GIS with aerial images as the basemap as Google Maps may be showing you a property to either side of the actual property. While it's got better in recent years, it's still not unusual for rural properties to have addresses mismapped. | I just had another thought, this one in regards to the purchase offer your mother received. There is a lot of drilling for natural gas going on/getting started in PA and companies are trying to buy up people's mineral rights. That’s more likely to be what that $4000 was for, than for the land itself. I have no clue if that’s a good offer or not, though. | 1 | 468 | 2.285714 |
usqrlc | legaladvice_train | 0.97 | Dad passed away, apparently he owns land but it looks like homes are built on it although my mom still has to pay the taxes. I'm not sure where to post this or what to do, so please redirect me if this is the wrong subreddit. My dad passed away in August. He and my mother purchased land in PA sometime in the 1970s. We live in AZ. The land had nothing built on it at the time. My mom never handled the finances, so she forgot about the land completely until she got a tax form this year to pay the taxes on the land. There was also a letter from someone else (I dont have it in front of me) offering to buy the land for $4000. Curious, I looked up the address on Google, and it looks like homes are built on the land. How can homes be built on my mom's land if she's still paying the taxes and hasn't sold it? I don't know how to help her or where to start. Thanks for any responses. | i95wi7e | i954wje | 1,652,933,282 | 1,652,919,685 | 12 | 9 | So a lot of things here... PA is big and has a lot of rural Counties. It also has a lot of non-specific addresses for properties. Some land has value, some does not. Look at that tax bill and figure out the County the property is in. Go to the County website and look for a property assessment page. Most counties have one and you can search it with the paperwork you have (parcel ID or Tax Map or similar info). If you are lucky they might even have a GIS department that will show you the exact location. Start there and see if you actually own the land. | Who is probating your father's estate? | 1 | 13,597 | 1.333333 |
6a89it | legaladvice_train | 0.84 | (USA/CA/Modesto) Rented a room for 6 months with no problems until a new roommate moved in and life at home became a NIGHTMARE...ALL my belongings were stolen, damaged, or destroyed...Need legal help!! Hello. So I found a room for rent on Craigslist a little over 6 months ago and the 5 other housemates and I (including the owner/landlord) all got along and for the most part we all minded our own business, until a little over 2 months ago when the master bedroom became available and was taken by a woman who must be about 50-55 and was supposedly working in real estate. Well quickly she was fired, not long after moving all her stuff in and completely packing the garage with her extra junk, and I mean PACKED. She seemed boisterous but nice enough until only a week had passed and she started displaying psychotic behavior, like drinking malt liquor (She drank Mad Dog 20/20's as if they were fruit juice) as soon as she woke up and stayed boozing it up all day and night, every day. She quickly befriended another housemate (a 25 year old drop out with the mind of a 15 year old who was more than happy to get free booze, weed, and later on harder drugs to simply keep this sad alcoholic woman company...) and it became clear to me she enabled this kid for that very reason. She was loud, obnoxious, and very quick to become aggressive over anything, so I imagine she didn't have too many friends and that explained why she never went out to drink, instead opting to live in squalor. Every time I saw her room it was littered with beer cans, liquor bottles, several plates of half eaten food, and tons of miscellaneous garbage. Although this woman lived like a pig, I was able to avoid her at first. Trouble was around the corner though. The 25 year old roommate informed me that she was asking him to find her other drugs besides the pot she constantly smoked despite a cough that sounded near fatal. All day and night this woman coughed with her door wide open while the landlord was gone. I finally buckled and asked her if she would mind shutting her door while she was sick, since I was starting to catch a cold from her never ending coughing fits (my room was next to hers to boot) I worded this nicely, to which she immediately begins shouting aggressively things like "Why should I close my door? I don't have to do what you say. I'm not sick, how dare you call me sick! Who the fuck do you think you are you - blah blah blah and so on." I dropped the subject, texted the landlord what happened verbatim and put earplugs in. I should make it known that I am a recovering addict with over a year and 9 months clean now, and there were clear rules about drugs (besides pot) not being allowed on the premises, and tenants weren't allowed to be active junkies either, but that goes without saying. The landlord was extremely naive though, and as I noticed more and more red flags (loud snorting all through the night in her room, increased hostile confrontations, and drug baggies in the trash) he would brush me off every time I tried to warn him of drug activity in the house. I believe this is because her rent was twice what mine was, and he was a definite miser when it came to money. The situation got much worse. I left the house one day and came back to find it ransacked. My lock-box which held all my meds was gone. the remotes to my flat screen and bluray were gone. A few random things seemed to be missing, so I called my case manager (I receive mental health services as well as support for my recovery) and she came over immediately. When she walked through the door all hell broke loose. The alcoholic roomie called my case manager a stupid whore, a dumb drug addict, we were all a bunch of pathetic drug addicts she said, and her animosity was so intense we decided to video record her insane drug fueled ranting, at times worried she was going to become violent as she kept leaning into us and almost lunging...I tried to keep my mouth shut but I told her sternly to leave me the fuck alone, which didn't help. We packed a couple bags and I was put into a short-term safe house for a couple days. I texted the landlord that I would be gone and that I was worried about my stuff, which he assured me would be safe. Well, two days later I came back to pack my stuff...only to realize all my stuff was either stolen, vandalized, or completely destroyed. EVERY item of clothing I own besides the clothes I was wearing had been cut to pieces with scissors, and I had a LOT of clothes. They (The drunk and the 25 year old I assume) cut the cord to my TV, my bluray, my record player, broke my records, stole my massive DVD collection, stabbed my mattress excessively, cut my PILLOWS in half, and even sunk so low as to take pictures of family and of me performing in bands through the years, and CUT MY FACE OUT OF EACH ONE. They stole my vintage keyboard, a basketball, my newest pair of shoes, and I'm probably forgetting plenty of other things. I made an inventory of everything missing or destroyed I could remember and added the estimated value, which came out to $2,075...And that was a very low estimate. I rounded down...So basically, I'm devastated and have no idea what to do. My case manager helped me get into a 30-day stay transitional house run by the county, so for now I'm avoiding the local homeless shelter, but after my time's up at this house I don't know what will happen to me. I need legal aid. I have no idea where to start, other than making several police calls which didn't prove to be very useful. I have a case number, but I'm not sure what to do with it. The only evidence I have is the video my case manager took of the lady acting psychotic, my case manager's testimony, and pictures I took of my destroyed clothes and electronics. Sorry for the essay, but I want anyone with advice to have all the info. | dhchs65 | dhcgjcr | 1,494,365,267 | 1,494,363,803 | 32 | 2 | Your property was stolen/vandalized. Definitely make police reports, give them copies of your evidence, and follow up with the police. | Please review the Landlord Tenant Questions section of the /r/LegalAdvice Wiki for common questions and answers regarding landlord tenant issues. If this does not apply to your question, please disregard *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/legaladvice) if you have any questions or concerns.* | 1 | 1,464 | 16 |
6a89it | legaladvice_train | 0.84 | (USA/CA/Modesto) Rented a room for 6 months with no problems until a new roommate moved in and life at home became a NIGHTMARE...ALL my belongings were stolen, damaged, or destroyed...Need legal help!! Hello. So I found a room for rent on Craigslist a little over 6 months ago and the 5 other housemates and I (including the owner/landlord) all got along and for the most part we all minded our own business, until a little over 2 months ago when the master bedroom became available and was taken by a woman who must be about 50-55 and was supposedly working in real estate. Well quickly she was fired, not long after moving all her stuff in and completely packing the garage with her extra junk, and I mean PACKED. She seemed boisterous but nice enough until only a week had passed and she started displaying psychotic behavior, like drinking malt liquor (She drank Mad Dog 20/20's as if they were fruit juice) as soon as she woke up and stayed boozing it up all day and night, every day. She quickly befriended another housemate (a 25 year old drop out with the mind of a 15 year old who was more than happy to get free booze, weed, and later on harder drugs to simply keep this sad alcoholic woman company...) and it became clear to me she enabled this kid for that very reason. She was loud, obnoxious, and very quick to become aggressive over anything, so I imagine she didn't have too many friends and that explained why she never went out to drink, instead opting to live in squalor. Every time I saw her room it was littered with beer cans, liquor bottles, several plates of half eaten food, and tons of miscellaneous garbage. Although this woman lived like a pig, I was able to avoid her at first. Trouble was around the corner though. The 25 year old roommate informed me that she was asking him to find her other drugs besides the pot she constantly smoked despite a cough that sounded near fatal. All day and night this woman coughed with her door wide open while the landlord was gone. I finally buckled and asked her if she would mind shutting her door while she was sick, since I was starting to catch a cold from her never ending coughing fits (my room was next to hers to boot) I worded this nicely, to which she immediately begins shouting aggressively things like "Why should I close my door? I don't have to do what you say. I'm not sick, how dare you call me sick! Who the fuck do you think you are you - blah blah blah and so on." I dropped the subject, texted the landlord what happened verbatim and put earplugs in. I should make it known that I am a recovering addict with over a year and 9 months clean now, and there were clear rules about drugs (besides pot) not being allowed on the premises, and tenants weren't allowed to be active junkies either, but that goes without saying. The landlord was extremely naive though, and as I noticed more and more red flags (loud snorting all through the night in her room, increased hostile confrontations, and drug baggies in the trash) he would brush me off every time I tried to warn him of drug activity in the house. I believe this is because her rent was twice what mine was, and he was a definite miser when it came to money. The situation got much worse. I left the house one day and came back to find it ransacked. My lock-box which held all my meds was gone. the remotes to my flat screen and bluray were gone. A few random things seemed to be missing, so I called my case manager (I receive mental health services as well as support for my recovery) and she came over immediately. When she walked through the door all hell broke loose. The alcoholic roomie called my case manager a stupid whore, a dumb drug addict, we were all a bunch of pathetic drug addicts she said, and her animosity was so intense we decided to video record her insane drug fueled ranting, at times worried she was going to become violent as she kept leaning into us and almost lunging...I tried to keep my mouth shut but I told her sternly to leave me the fuck alone, which didn't help. We packed a couple bags and I was put into a short-term safe house for a couple days. I texted the landlord that I would be gone and that I was worried about my stuff, which he assured me would be safe. Well, two days later I came back to pack my stuff...only to realize all my stuff was either stolen, vandalized, or completely destroyed. EVERY item of clothing I own besides the clothes I was wearing had been cut to pieces with scissors, and I had a LOT of clothes. They (The drunk and the 25 year old I assume) cut the cord to my TV, my bluray, my record player, broke my records, stole my massive DVD collection, stabbed my mattress excessively, cut my PILLOWS in half, and even sunk so low as to take pictures of family and of me performing in bands through the years, and CUT MY FACE OUT OF EACH ONE. They stole my vintage keyboard, a basketball, my newest pair of shoes, and I'm probably forgetting plenty of other things. I made an inventory of everything missing or destroyed I could remember and added the estimated value, which came out to $2,075...And that was a very low estimate. I rounded down...So basically, I'm devastated and have no idea what to do. My case manager helped me get into a 30-day stay transitional house run by the county, so for now I'm avoiding the local homeless shelter, but after my time's up at this house I don't know what will happen to me. I need legal aid. I have no idea where to start, other than making several police calls which didn't prove to be very useful. I have a case number, but I'm not sure what to do with it. The only evidence I have is the video my case manager took of the lady acting psychotic, my case manager's testimony, and pictures I took of my destroyed clothes and electronics. Sorry for the essay, but I want anyone with advice to have all the info. | dhcgjcr | dhclz7t | 1,494,363,803 | 1,494,370,018 | 2 | 21 | Please review the Landlord Tenant Questions section of the /r/LegalAdvice Wiki for common questions and answers regarding landlord tenant issues. If this does not apply to your question, please disregard *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/legaladvice) if you have any questions or concerns.* | Hold on to and back up that recording you took. Take pictures of everything destroyed, look up prices of all your destroyed, vandalized and stolen objects. Add that number as the total damages and also see about getting a restraining order on the woman. Also, I would explain that you told the landlord multiple times that she was using drugs and copy all written proof you have saying this. It will show that she has been mental, drug abusing for a while which will help your side a lot. Get a written statement from the woman who came in with you last time about her behavior. You have more than enough proof it was her. Talk to a lawyer and sue for damages and see about adding emotional distress as well. You said you were an ex-addict, proud of you to have beaten it, but now you have this crazy lady who is illegally surrounding you with that old environment. That can't be good for your mental health. | 0 | 6,215 | 10.5 |
6a89it | legaladvice_train | 0.84 | (USA/CA/Modesto) Rented a room for 6 months with no problems until a new roommate moved in and life at home became a NIGHTMARE...ALL my belongings were stolen, damaged, or destroyed...Need legal help!! Hello. So I found a room for rent on Craigslist a little over 6 months ago and the 5 other housemates and I (including the owner/landlord) all got along and for the most part we all minded our own business, until a little over 2 months ago when the master bedroom became available and was taken by a woman who must be about 50-55 and was supposedly working in real estate. Well quickly she was fired, not long after moving all her stuff in and completely packing the garage with her extra junk, and I mean PACKED. She seemed boisterous but nice enough until only a week had passed and she started displaying psychotic behavior, like drinking malt liquor (She drank Mad Dog 20/20's as if they were fruit juice) as soon as she woke up and stayed boozing it up all day and night, every day. She quickly befriended another housemate (a 25 year old drop out with the mind of a 15 year old who was more than happy to get free booze, weed, and later on harder drugs to simply keep this sad alcoholic woman company...) and it became clear to me she enabled this kid for that very reason. She was loud, obnoxious, and very quick to become aggressive over anything, so I imagine she didn't have too many friends and that explained why she never went out to drink, instead opting to live in squalor. Every time I saw her room it was littered with beer cans, liquor bottles, several plates of half eaten food, and tons of miscellaneous garbage. Although this woman lived like a pig, I was able to avoid her at first. Trouble was around the corner though. The 25 year old roommate informed me that she was asking him to find her other drugs besides the pot she constantly smoked despite a cough that sounded near fatal. All day and night this woman coughed with her door wide open while the landlord was gone. I finally buckled and asked her if she would mind shutting her door while she was sick, since I was starting to catch a cold from her never ending coughing fits (my room was next to hers to boot) I worded this nicely, to which she immediately begins shouting aggressively things like "Why should I close my door? I don't have to do what you say. I'm not sick, how dare you call me sick! Who the fuck do you think you are you - blah blah blah and so on." I dropped the subject, texted the landlord what happened verbatim and put earplugs in. I should make it known that I am a recovering addict with over a year and 9 months clean now, and there were clear rules about drugs (besides pot) not being allowed on the premises, and tenants weren't allowed to be active junkies either, but that goes without saying. The landlord was extremely naive though, and as I noticed more and more red flags (loud snorting all through the night in her room, increased hostile confrontations, and drug baggies in the trash) he would brush me off every time I tried to warn him of drug activity in the house. I believe this is because her rent was twice what mine was, and he was a definite miser when it came to money. The situation got much worse. I left the house one day and came back to find it ransacked. My lock-box which held all my meds was gone. the remotes to my flat screen and bluray were gone. A few random things seemed to be missing, so I called my case manager (I receive mental health services as well as support for my recovery) and she came over immediately. When she walked through the door all hell broke loose. The alcoholic roomie called my case manager a stupid whore, a dumb drug addict, we were all a bunch of pathetic drug addicts she said, and her animosity was so intense we decided to video record her insane drug fueled ranting, at times worried she was going to become violent as she kept leaning into us and almost lunging...I tried to keep my mouth shut but I told her sternly to leave me the fuck alone, which didn't help. We packed a couple bags and I was put into a short-term safe house for a couple days. I texted the landlord that I would be gone and that I was worried about my stuff, which he assured me would be safe. Well, two days later I came back to pack my stuff...only to realize all my stuff was either stolen, vandalized, or completely destroyed. EVERY item of clothing I own besides the clothes I was wearing had been cut to pieces with scissors, and I had a LOT of clothes. They (The drunk and the 25 year old I assume) cut the cord to my TV, my bluray, my record player, broke my records, stole my massive DVD collection, stabbed my mattress excessively, cut my PILLOWS in half, and even sunk so low as to take pictures of family and of me performing in bands through the years, and CUT MY FACE OUT OF EACH ONE. They stole my vintage keyboard, a basketball, my newest pair of shoes, and I'm probably forgetting plenty of other things. I made an inventory of everything missing or destroyed I could remember and added the estimated value, which came out to $2,075...And that was a very low estimate. I rounded down...So basically, I'm devastated and have no idea what to do. My case manager helped me get into a 30-day stay transitional house run by the county, so for now I'm avoiding the local homeless shelter, but after my time's up at this house I don't know what will happen to me. I need legal aid. I have no idea where to start, other than making several police calls which didn't prove to be very useful. I have a case number, but I'm not sure what to do with it. The only evidence I have is the video my case manager took of the lady acting psychotic, my case manager's testimony, and pictures I took of my destroyed clothes and electronics. Sorry for the essay, but I want anyone with advice to have all the info. | dhcm5d5 | dhconxx | 1,494,370,220 | 1,494,373,264 | 6 | 7 | Call the police for theft and vandalism. And if they happen to come across some drugs, all the better. I'd also go back there and lock up your room and remove all valuables from the property and ask a friend if you can store them at their place. Then check your lease terms for rules on subletting and start looking for a subletter so you can move out. | Do you have renter's insurance? If so, contact them. | 0 | 3,044 | 1.166667 |
6a89it | legaladvice_train | 0.84 | (USA/CA/Modesto) Rented a room for 6 months with no problems until a new roommate moved in and life at home became a NIGHTMARE...ALL my belongings were stolen, damaged, or destroyed...Need legal help!! Hello. So I found a room for rent on Craigslist a little over 6 months ago and the 5 other housemates and I (including the owner/landlord) all got along and for the most part we all minded our own business, until a little over 2 months ago when the master bedroom became available and was taken by a woman who must be about 50-55 and was supposedly working in real estate. Well quickly she was fired, not long after moving all her stuff in and completely packing the garage with her extra junk, and I mean PACKED. She seemed boisterous but nice enough until only a week had passed and she started displaying psychotic behavior, like drinking malt liquor (She drank Mad Dog 20/20's as if they were fruit juice) as soon as she woke up and stayed boozing it up all day and night, every day. She quickly befriended another housemate (a 25 year old drop out with the mind of a 15 year old who was more than happy to get free booze, weed, and later on harder drugs to simply keep this sad alcoholic woman company...) and it became clear to me she enabled this kid for that very reason. She was loud, obnoxious, and very quick to become aggressive over anything, so I imagine she didn't have too many friends and that explained why she never went out to drink, instead opting to live in squalor. Every time I saw her room it was littered with beer cans, liquor bottles, several plates of half eaten food, and tons of miscellaneous garbage. Although this woman lived like a pig, I was able to avoid her at first. Trouble was around the corner though. The 25 year old roommate informed me that she was asking him to find her other drugs besides the pot she constantly smoked despite a cough that sounded near fatal. All day and night this woman coughed with her door wide open while the landlord was gone. I finally buckled and asked her if she would mind shutting her door while she was sick, since I was starting to catch a cold from her never ending coughing fits (my room was next to hers to boot) I worded this nicely, to which she immediately begins shouting aggressively things like "Why should I close my door? I don't have to do what you say. I'm not sick, how dare you call me sick! Who the fuck do you think you are you - blah blah blah and so on." I dropped the subject, texted the landlord what happened verbatim and put earplugs in. I should make it known that I am a recovering addict with over a year and 9 months clean now, and there were clear rules about drugs (besides pot) not being allowed on the premises, and tenants weren't allowed to be active junkies either, but that goes without saying. The landlord was extremely naive though, and as I noticed more and more red flags (loud snorting all through the night in her room, increased hostile confrontations, and drug baggies in the trash) he would brush me off every time I tried to warn him of drug activity in the house. I believe this is because her rent was twice what mine was, and he was a definite miser when it came to money. The situation got much worse. I left the house one day and came back to find it ransacked. My lock-box which held all my meds was gone. the remotes to my flat screen and bluray were gone. A few random things seemed to be missing, so I called my case manager (I receive mental health services as well as support for my recovery) and she came over immediately. When she walked through the door all hell broke loose. The alcoholic roomie called my case manager a stupid whore, a dumb drug addict, we were all a bunch of pathetic drug addicts she said, and her animosity was so intense we decided to video record her insane drug fueled ranting, at times worried she was going to become violent as she kept leaning into us and almost lunging...I tried to keep my mouth shut but I told her sternly to leave me the fuck alone, which didn't help. We packed a couple bags and I was put into a short-term safe house for a couple days. I texted the landlord that I would be gone and that I was worried about my stuff, which he assured me would be safe. Well, two days later I came back to pack my stuff...only to realize all my stuff was either stolen, vandalized, or completely destroyed. EVERY item of clothing I own besides the clothes I was wearing had been cut to pieces with scissors, and I had a LOT of clothes. They (The drunk and the 25 year old I assume) cut the cord to my TV, my bluray, my record player, broke my records, stole my massive DVD collection, stabbed my mattress excessively, cut my PILLOWS in half, and even sunk so low as to take pictures of family and of me performing in bands through the years, and CUT MY FACE OUT OF EACH ONE. They stole my vintage keyboard, a basketball, my newest pair of shoes, and I'm probably forgetting plenty of other things. I made an inventory of everything missing or destroyed I could remember and added the estimated value, which came out to $2,075...And that was a very low estimate. I rounded down...So basically, I'm devastated and have no idea what to do. My case manager helped me get into a 30-day stay transitional house run by the county, so for now I'm avoiding the local homeless shelter, but after my time's up at this house I don't know what will happen to me. I need legal aid. I have no idea where to start, other than making several police calls which didn't prove to be very useful. I have a case number, but I'm not sure what to do with it. The only evidence I have is the video my case manager took of the lady acting psychotic, my case manager's testimony, and pictures I took of my destroyed clothes and electronics. Sorry for the essay, but I want anyone with advice to have all the info. | dhcgjcr | dhconxx | 1,494,363,803 | 1,494,373,264 | 2 | 7 | Please review the Landlord Tenant Questions section of the /r/LegalAdvice Wiki for common questions and answers regarding landlord tenant issues. If this does not apply to your question, please disregard *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/legaladvice) if you have any questions or concerns.* | Do you have renter's insurance? If so, contact them. | 0 | 9,461 | 3.5 |
6a89it | legaladvice_train | 0.84 | (USA/CA/Modesto) Rented a room for 6 months with no problems until a new roommate moved in and life at home became a NIGHTMARE...ALL my belongings were stolen, damaged, or destroyed...Need legal help!! Hello. So I found a room for rent on Craigslist a little over 6 months ago and the 5 other housemates and I (including the owner/landlord) all got along and for the most part we all minded our own business, until a little over 2 months ago when the master bedroom became available and was taken by a woman who must be about 50-55 and was supposedly working in real estate. Well quickly she was fired, not long after moving all her stuff in and completely packing the garage with her extra junk, and I mean PACKED. She seemed boisterous but nice enough until only a week had passed and she started displaying psychotic behavior, like drinking malt liquor (She drank Mad Dog 20/20's as if they were fruit juice) as soon as she woke up and stayed boozing it up all day and night, every day. She quickly befriended another housemate (a 25 year old drop out with the mind of a 15 year old who was more than happy to get free booze, weed, and later on harder drugs to simply keep this sad alcoholic woman company...) and it became clear to me she enabled this kid for that very reason. She was loud, obnoxious, and very quick to become aggressive over anything, so I imagine she didn't have too many friends and that explained why she never went out to drink, instead opting to live in squalor. Every time I saw her room it was littered with beer cans, liquor bottles, several plates of half eaten food, and tons of miscellaneous garbage. Although this woman lived like a pig, I was able to avoid her at first. Trouble was around the corner though. The 25 year old roommate informed me that she was asking him to find her other drugs besides the pot she constantly smoked despite a cough that sounded near fatal. All day and night this woman coughed with her door wide open while the landlord was gone. I finally buckled and asked her if she would mind shutting her door while she was sick, since I was starting to catch a cold from her never ending coughing fits (my room was next to hers to boot) I worded this nicely, to which she immediately begins shouting aggressively things like "Why should I close my door? I don't have to do what you say. I'm not sick, how dare you call me sick! Who the fuck do you think you are you - blah blah blah and so on." I dropped the subject, texted the landlord what happened verbatim and put earplugs in. I should make it known that I am a recovering addict with over a year and 9 months clean now, and there were clear rules about drugs (besides pot) not being allowed on the premises, and tenants weren't allowed to be active junkies either, but that goes without saying. The landlord was extremely naive though, and as I noticed more and more red flags (loud snorting all through the night in her room, increased hostile confrontations, and drug baggies in the trash) he would brush me off every time I tried to warn him of drug activity in the house. I believe this is because her rent was twice what mine was, and he was a definite miser when it came to money. The situation got much worse. I left the house one day and came back to find it ransacked. My lock-box which held all my meds was gone. the remotes to my flat screen and bluray were gone. A few random things seemed to be missing, so I called my case manager (I receive mental health services as well as support for my recovery) and she came over immediately. When she walked through the door all hell broke loose. The alcoholic roomie called my case manager a stupid whore, a dumb drug addict, we were all a bunch of pathetic drug addicts she said, and her animosity was so intense we decided to video record her insane drug fueled ranting, at times worried she was going to become violent as she kept leaning into us and almost lunging...I tried to keep my mouth shut but I told her sternly to leave me the fuck alone, which didn't help. We packed a couple bags and I was put into a short-term safe house for a couple days. I texted the landlord that I would be gone and that I was worried about my stuff, which he assured me would be safe. Well, two days later I came back to pack my stuff...only to realize all my stuff was either stolen, vandalized, or completely destroyed. EVERY item of clothing I own besides the clothes I was wearing had been cut to pieces with scissors, and I had a LOT of clothes. They (The drunk and the 25 year old I assume) cut the cord to my TV, my bluray, my record player, broke my records, stole my massive DVD collection, stabbed my mattress excessively, cut my PILLOWS in half, and even sunk so low as to take pictures of family and of me performing in bands through the years, and CUT MY FACE OUT OF EACH ONE. They stole my vintage keyboard, a basketball, my newest pair of shoes, and I'm probably forgetting plenty of other things. I made an inventory of everything missing or destroyed I could remember and added the estimated value, which came out to $2,075...And that was a very low estimate. I rounded down...So basically, I'm devastated and have no idea what to do. My case manager helped me get into a 30-day stay transitional house run by the county, so for now I'm avoiding the local homeless shelter, but after my time's up at this house I don't know what will happen to me. I need legal aid. I have no idea where to start, other than making several police calls which didn't prove to be very useful. I have a case number, but I'm not sure what to do with it. The only evidence I have is the video my case manager took of the lady acting psychotic, my case manager's testimony, and pictures I took of my destroyed clothes and electronics. Sorry for the essay, but I want anyone with advice to have all the info. | dhcm5d5 | dhcgjcr | 1,494,370,220 | 1,494,363,803 | 6 | 2 | Call the police for theft and vandalism. And if they happen to come across some drugs, all the better. I'd also go back there and lock up your room and remove all valuables from the property and ask a friend if you can store them at their place. Then check your lease terms for rules on subletting and start looking for a subletter so you can move out. | Please review the Landlord Tenant Questions section of the /r/LegalAdvice Wiki for common questions and answers regarding landlord tenant issues. If this does not apply to your question, please disregard *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/legaladvice) if you have any questions or concerns.* | 1 | 6,417 | 3 |
6a89it | legaladvice_train | 0.84 | (USA/CA/Modesto) Rented a room for 6 months with no problems until a new roommate moved in and life at home became a NIGHTMARE...ALL my belongings were stolen, damaged, or destroyed...Need legal help!! Hello. So I found a room for rent on Craigslist a little over 6 months ago and the 5 other housemates and I (including the owner/landlord) all got along and for the most part we all minded our own business, until a little over 2 months ago when the master bedroom became available and was taken by a woman who must be about 50-55 and was supposedly working in real estate. Well quickly she was fired, not long after moving all her stuff in and completely packing the garage with her extra junk, and I mean PACKED. She seemed boisterous but nice enough until only a week had passed and she started displaying psychotic behavior, like drinking malt liquor (She drank Mad Dog 20/20's as if they were fruit juice) as soon as she woke up and stayed boozing it up all day and night, every day. She quickly befriended another housemate (a 25 year old drop out with the mind of a 15 year old who was more than happy to get free booze, weed, and later on harder drugs to simply keep this sad alcoholic woman company...) and it became clear to me she enabled this kid for that very reason. She was loud, obnoxious, and very quick to become aggressive over anything, so I imagine she didn't have too many friends and that explained why she never went out to drink, instead opting to live in squalor. Every time I saw her room it was littered with beer cans, liquor bottles, several plates of half eaten food, and tons of miscellaneous garbage. Although this woman lived like a pig, I was able to avoid her at first. Trouble was around the corner though. The 25 year old roommate informed me that she was asking him to find her other drugs besides the pot she constantly smoked despite a cough that sounded near fatal. All day and night this woman coughed with her door wide open while the landlord was gone. I finally buckled and asked her if she would mind shutting her door while she was sick, since I was starting to catch a cold from her never ending coughing fits (my room was next to hers to boot) I worded this nicely, to which she immediately begins shouting aggressively things like "Why should I close my door? I don't have to do what you say. I'm not sick, how dare you call me sick! Who the fuck do you think you are you - blah blah blah and so on." I dropped the subject, texted the landlord what happened verbatim and put earplugs in. I should make it known that I am a recovering addict with over a year and 9 months clean now, and there were clear rules about drugs (besides pot) not being allowed on the premises, and tenants weren't allowed to be active junkies either, but that goes without saying. The landlord was extremely naive though, and as I noticed more and more red flags (loud snorting all through the night in her room, increased hostile confrontations, and drug baggies in the trash) he would brush me off every time I tried to warn him of drug activity in the house. I believe this is because her rent was twice what mine was, and he was a definite miser when it came to money. The situation got much worse. I left the house one day and came back to find it ransacked. My lock-box which held all my meds was gone. the remotes to my flat screen and bluray were gone. A few random things seemed to be missing, so I called my case manager (I receive mental health services as well as support for my recovery) and she came over immediately. When she walked through the door all hell broke loose. The alcoholic roomie called my case manager a stupid whore, a dumb drug addict, we were all a bunch of pathetic drug addicts she said, and her animosity was so intense we decided to video record her insane drug fueled ranting, at times worried she was going to become violent as she kept leaning into us and almost lunging...I tried to keep my mouth shut but I told her sternly to leave me the fuck alone, which didn't help. We packed a couple bags and I was put into a short-term safe house for a couple days. I texted the landlord that I would be gone and that I was worried about my stuff, which he assured me would be safe. Well, two days later I came back to pack my stuff...only to realize all my stuff was either stolen, vandalized, or completely destroyed. EVERY item of clothing I own besides the clothes I was wearing had been cut to pieces with scissors, and I had a LOT of clothes. They (The drunk and the 25 year old I assume) cut the cord to my TV, my bluray, my record player, broke my records, stole my massive DVD collection, stabbed my mattress excessively, cut my PILLOWS in half, and even sunk so low as to take pictures of family and of me performing in bands through the years, and CUT MY FACE OUT OF EACH ONE. They stole my vintage keyboard, a basketball, my newest pair of shoes, and I'm probably forgetting plenty of other things. I made an inventory of everything missing or destroyed I could remember and added the estimated value, which came out to $2,075...And that was a very low estimate. I rounded down...So basically, I'm devastated and have no idea what to do. My case manager helped me get into a 30-day stay transitional house run by the county, so for now I'm avoiding the local homeless shelter, but after my time's up at this house I don't know what will happen to me. I need legal aid. I have no idea where to start, other than making several police calls which didn't prove to be very useful. I have a case number, but I'm not sure what to do with it. The only evidence I have is the video my case manager took of the lady acting psychotic, my case manager's testimony, and pictures I took of my destroyed clothes and electronics. Sorry for the essay, but I want anyone with advice to have all the info. | dhcgjcr | dhcpoh7 | 1,494,363,803 | 1,494,374,534 | 2 | 3 | Please review the Landlord Tenant Questions section of the /r/LegalAdvice Wiki for common questions and answers regarding landlord tenant issues. If this does not apply to your question, please disregard *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. 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vf6v25 | legaladvice_train | 0.91 | Someone else's lien on my house Someone else's tax lien in my house There is a tax lien on my house in Florida in my ex's name. We used to own some rental properties in California together, and while they were being sold off during the divorce, I and my ex accumulated some capital gains. As I owned 50% of the properties, I paid my 50% of capital gains taxes. He didn't pay his taxes for several years. I moved to Florida since then and bought a house in my and my new husband's name. Now there is a tax lien on our house in my ex's name. My ex lives somewhere out of country. I don't know where and I have no contact with him because I have a restraining order against him. What can I do to get the tax lien removed? | icu4ub8 | icu0g7k | 1,655,563,423 | 1,655,561,162 | 30 | 25 | Do you have anything in writing about the capital gains taxes being split 50/50? Your divorce decree perhaps? Or some agreement written afterwards? If so, take that, your proof that you paid your half, and your title showing the ex’s name is not on this house and call the IRS. I mean that’s the long way, paying them and suing him is probably the short way. But there’s got to be enough of a paper trail to get them to remove the lien. | > What can I do to get the tax lien removed? Pay the taxes, locate and sue your ex for recovery. Or, hire a tax attorney. | 1 | 2,261 | 1.2 |
3e365h | legaladvice_train | 0.96 | My dad is letting high school students from the school across the street pay to park in our driveway... what issues could we see with that? I used to go to this school (graduated now) and we let my friends park there for free. Word got around and people who weren't eligible for a school pass came to us and offered to pay. Last year we kept 10 cars a day in the driveway and made good money off of it. Students started taking advantage of it and parked without paying, so we're currently trying to come up with a solution by implementing parking passes. Before we put in the overhead, is this a horrible idea leaving us open to a ton of liability? During the day, nobody is home because I'm away at college and my dad is working... what if some kids decided to smoke pot in our shed or got in a fight on our property? How do we separate ourselves from them legally? Could we fix this by making the students and parents sign a simple disclaimer stating we have zero responsibility for what occurs on our property to them? Do we have a legal right to tow a car, boot a car, and revoke a pass at any time? In general, what things are we overlooking? Everything went relatively smoothly last year but we just want to assure that word isn't getting around that anyone can park there for free... and all these questions keep coming up. They're very unlikely to happen, but one incident could leave us with a lawsuit. Edit: Located in Georgia. Thanks LocationBot! Thanks for your time! | ctb21ej | ctb1zjj | 1,437,498,034 | 1,437,497,963 | 126 | 43 | > leaving us open to a ton of liability Yep. How is your dad's property insurance? Because if one of those kids gets hurt on his property there "could" be a few issues. | Are you legally able to operate a parking business in your area? | 1 | 71 | 2.930233 |
3e365h | legaladvice_train | 0.96 | My dad is letting high school students from the school across the street pay to park in our driveway... what issues could we see with that? I used to go to this school (graduated now) and we let my friends park there for free. Word got around and people who weren't eligible for a school pass came to us and offered to pay. Last year we kept 10 cars a day in the driveway and made good money off of it. Students started taking advantage of it and parked without paying, so we're currently trying to come up with a solution by implementing parking passes. Before we put in the overhead, is this a horrible idea leaving us open to a ton of liability? During the day, nobody is home because I'm away at college and my dad is working... what if some kids decided to smoke pot in our shed or got in a fight on our property? How do we separate ourselves from them legally? Could we fix this by making the students and parents sign a simple disclaimer stating we have zero responsibility for what occurs on our property to them? Do we have a legal right to tow a car, boot a car, and revoke a pass at any time? In general, what things are we overlooking? Everything went relatively smoothly last year but we just want to assure that word isn't getting around that anyone can park there for free... and all these questions keep coming up. They're very unlikely to happen, but one incident could leave us with a lawsuit. Edit: Located in Georgia. Thanks LocationBot! Thanks for your time! | ctbbif6 | ctb3qh2 | 1,437,511,383 | 1,437,500,435 | 36 | 19 | If a claim occurs on the property and it is a result of him running a business on his property the insurance company is going to deny the claim and then cancel his homeowners policy. What he is doing poses substantial risk and the insurance company is not being paid to cover that additional exposure. That is how insurance rates are determined. He would need to have a separate business liability policy and also have a general business license. If his homeowners gets cancelled for cause he is going to have to go to a subprime market to get a new policy and that is going to cost a fortune. Unless he cash purchased his home he is required to have homeowners insurance as a condition of his mortgage. If he can't get new insurance the mortgage company will impose insurance on him at about 3x the normal rates. This insurance only covers the structure, no contents, no liability. Not a good path to go down. He might get away with it for a long time, but if something goes wrong he is completely boned. | Not too knowledgable on liability. But you can probably tow the cars that do not have permission to park. You might want to start with posting a private property sign and that violators will be towed. | 1 | 10,948 | 1.894737 |
3e365h | legaladvice_train | 0.96 | My dad is letting high school students from the school across the street pay to park in our driveway... what issues could we see with that? I used to go to this school (graduated now) and we let my friends park there for free. Word got around and people who weren't eligible for a school pass came to us and offered to pay. Last year we kept 10 cars a day in the driveway and made good money off of it. Students started taking advantage of it and parked without paying, so we're currently trying to come up with a solution by implementing parking passes. Before we put in the overhead, is this a horrible idea leaving us open to a ton of liability? During the day, nobody is home because I'm away at college and my dad is working... what if some kids decided to smoke pot in our shed or got in a fight on our property? How do we separate ourselves from them legally? Could we fix this by making the students and parents sign a simple disclaimer stating we have zero responsibility for what occurs on our property to them? Do we have a legal right to tow a car, boot a car, and revoke a pass at any time? In general, what things are we overlooking? Everything went relatively smoothly last year but we just want to assure that word isn't getting around that anyone can park there for free... and all these questions keep coming up. They're very unlikely to happen, but one incident could leave us with a lawsuit. Edit: Located in Georgia. Thanks LocationBot! Thanks for your time! | ctbbif6 | ctbbfbx | 1,437,511,383 | 1,437,511,265 | 36 | 4 | If a claim occurs on the property and it is a result of him running a business on his property the insurance company is going to deny the claim and then cancel his homeowners policy. What he is doing poses substantial risk and the insurance company is not being paid to cover that additional exposure. That is how insurance rates are determined. He would need to have a separate business liability policy and also have a general business license. If his homeowners gets cancelled for cause he is going to have to go to a subprime market to get a new policy and that is going to cost a fortune. Unless he cash purchased his home he is required to have homeowners insurance as a condition of his mortgage. If he can't get new insurance the mortgage company will impose insurance on him at about 3x the normal rates. This insurance only covers the structure, no contents, no liability. Not a good path to go down. He might get away with it for a long time, but if something goes wrong he is completely boned. | Having lived close to a minor league baseball team which didn't have nearly enough parking, pretty much everyone in the neighborhood did this. They'd let people park on their lawns and driveways for $x. I'm pretty sure none of them had permits or anything so not sure why that would be fine (and this was done completely openly. People had signs in their driveways for what they charged) and what you are doing would not be. | 1 | 118 | 9 |
aa2pqj | legaladvice_train | 0.97 | (WV) Neighbor paints curb yellow across from driveway on public street to prevent us from parking there, then paints it white so his wife can permanently park there for weeks. They left for vacation before Christmas and painted it yellow again so we, or our guests, couldn’t use it. We live at the end of a street that wraps around and essentially becomes a rectangle with another street. Our house sits on one side of this corner/“end” and our neighbor is directly across from us. He parks a huge RV/his truck in his driveway so his wife has to park her van around the corner on the other street instead of in his driveway. When we moved in, there was an area outside of our front yard that the curb was clearly not painted and we used it maybe 4-5 times when we had friends visit. This curb is directly across from his driveway. He asked us one day to not park there anymore because it was hard for his wife to get out of the driveway (whose van never moves from the spot around the corner?) and we agreed to avoid it unless we had guests. He didn’t seem satisfied with our answer but left. A day or so later we noticed that he had spray painted (literally) the curb yellow overnight so that we couldn’t park there anymore. We just shrugged it off because parking isn’t a huge deal and I’m not about to go to war with a neighbor over something so silly. However, a few days later he spray painted it white, then parked his wife’s van there and it didn’t move for weeks. They just left for vacation before Christmas and he spray painted it yellow AGAIN, parked the van in their driveway and took the truck wherever they went. This all seems super petty and dumb, but my husband parked there since they were gone last night and this morning we had a parking citation. Our neighbor has a ring on his door and I feel that he saw the movement, saw the parked car, and called the cops. It is painfully obvious he is spray painting the curb (different color yellow, paint sprayed into our grass, cinder blocks just sitting there so he can use them again next paint job). What can I do? Is this behavior even legal? How can I contest the citation? tl;dr: neighbor is painting public curb to his benefit, we believe he called the cops on us for parking there while they were out of town. Can he continue painting the public curb as he sees fit and can I contest the citation we received based on his behavior? | ecoh990 | ecoh624 | 1,545,941,695 | 1,545,941,621 | 5,093 | 2,677 | Call the police. Homeowners cannot just paint curbs Willy nilly. | Take a picture with the yellow paint, then another picture with the white paint and the car parked. Then take it to the city and make a complaint. | 1 | 74 | 1.902503 |
aa2pqj | legaladvice_train | 0.97 | (WV) Neighbor paints curb yellow across from driveway on public street to prevent us from parking there, then paints it white so his wife can permanently park there for weeks. They left for vacation before Christmas and painted it yellow again so we, or our guests, couldn’t use it. We live at the end of a street that wraps around and essentially becomes a rectangle with another street. Our house sits on one side of this corner/“end” and our neighbor is directly across from us. He parks a huge RV/his truck in his driveway so his wife has to park her van around the corner on the other street instead of in his driveway. When we moved in, there was an area outside of our front yard that the curb was clearly not painted and we used it maybe 4-5 times when we had friends visit. This curb is directly across from his driveway. He asked us one day to not park there anymore because it was hard for his wife to get out of the driveway (whose van never moves from the spot around the corner?) and we agreed to avoid it unless we had guests. He didn’t seem satisfied with our answer but left. A day or so later we noticed that he had spray painted (literally) the curb yellow overnight so that we couldn’t park there anymore. We just shrugged it off because parking isn’t a huge deal and I’m not about to go to war with a neighbor over something so silly. However, a few days later he spray painted it white, then parked his wife’s van there and it didn’t move for weeks. They just left for vacation before Christmas and he spray painted it yellow AGAIN, parked the van in their driveway and took the truck wherever they went. This all seems super petty and dumb, but my husband parked there since they were gone last night and this morning we had a parking citation. Our neighbor has a ring on his door and I feel that he saw the movement, saw the parked car, and called the cops. It is painfully obvious he is spray painting the curb (different color yellow, paint sprayed into our grass, cinder blocks just sitting there so he can use them again next paint job). What can I do? Is this behavior even legal? How can I contest the citation? tl;dr: neighbor is painting public curb to his benefit, we believe he called the cops on us for parking there while they were out of town. Can he continue painting the public curb as he sees fit and can I contest the citation we received based on his behavior? | ecohcrs | ecox9p5 | 1,545,941,777 | 1,545,953,663 | 1,523 | 2,065 | Not a lawyer but that seems like it’s either vandalism or destruction of government property. I would call local code enforcement and ask if they have authorized the painting. | Call the city, not the police. Cities will take a big shit on him for making up parking rules. My friends neighbor made fake no parking signs in front of his house and got huge fines | 0 | 11,886 | 1.355877 |
aa2pqj | legaladvice_train | 0.97 | (WV) Neighbor paints curb yellow across from driveway on public street to prevent us from parking there, then paints it white so his wife can permanently park there for weeks. They left for vacation before Christmas and painted it yellow again so we, or our guests, couldn’t use it. We live at the end of a street that wraps around and essentially becomes a rectangle with another street. Our house sits on one side of this corner/“end” and our neighbor is directly across from us. He parks a huge RV/his truck in his driveway so his wife has to park her van around the corner on the other street instead of in his driveway. When we moved in, there was an area outside of our front yard that the curb was clearly not painted and we used it maybe 4-5 times when we had friends visit. This curb is directly across from his driveway. He asked us one day to not park there anymore because it was hard for his wife to get out of the driveway (whose van never moves from the spot around the corner?) and we agreed to avoid it unless we had guests. He didn’t seem satisfied with our answer but left. A day or so later we noticed that he had spray painted (literally) the curb yellow overnight so that we couldn’t park there anymore. We just shrugged it off because parking isn’t a huge deal and I’m not about to go to war with a neighbor over something so silly. However, a few days later he spray painted it white, then parked his wife’s van there and it didn’t move for weeks. They just left for vacation before Christmas and he spray painted it yellow AGAIN, parked the van in their driveway and took the truck wherever they went. This all seems super petty and dumb, but my husband parked there since they were gone last night and this morning we had a parking citation. Our neighbor has a ring on his door and I feel that he saw the movement, saw the parked car, and called the cops. It is painfully obvious he is spray painting the curb (different color yellow, paint sprayed into our grass, cinder blocks just sitting there so he can use them again next paint job). What can I do? Is this behavior even legal? How can I contest the citation? tl;dr: neighbor is painting public curb to his benefit, we believe he called the cops on us for parking there while they were out of town. Can he continue painting the public curb as he sees fit and can I contest the citation we received based on his behavior? | ecox9p5 | ecohukf | 1,545,953,663 | 1,545,942,189 | 2,065 | 795 | Call the city, not the police. Cities will take a big shit on him for making up parking rules. My friends neighbor made fake no parking signs in front of his house and got huge fines | I am not a lawyer but some communities have ordinances in regards to RV and boat parking in driveways. Your petty neighbor may have just picked a fight he’s going to lose. Also, if they are parking on the street long term many communities also have parking limitations of 24-48 hrs before a car can be ticketed as abandoned. I’m not suggesting any of these options just making you aware that these may be options you could resort to if this should continue to escalate. | 1 | 11,474 | 2.597484 |
aa2pqj | legaladvice_train | 0.97 | (WV) Neighbor paints curb yellow across from driveway on public street to prevent us from parking there, then paints it white so his wife can permanently park there for weeks. They left for vacation before Christmas and painted it yellow again so we, or our guests, couldn’t use it. We live at the end of a street that wraps around and essentially becomes a rectangle with another street. Our house sits on one side of this corner/“end” and our neighbor is directly across from us. He parks a huge RV/his truck in his driveway so his wife has to park her van around the corner on the other street instead of in his driveway. When we moved in, there was an area outside of our front yard that the curb was clearly not painted and we used it maybe 4-5 times when we had friends visit. This curb is directly across from his driveway. He asked us one day to not park there anymore because it was hard for his wife to get out of the driveway (whose van never moves from the spot around the corner?) and we agreed to avoid it unless we had guests. He didn’t seem satisfied with our answer but left. A day or so later we noticed that he had spray painted (literally) the curb yellow overnight so that we couldn’t park there anymore. We just shrugged it off because parking isn’t a huge deal and I’m not about to go to war with a neighbor over something so silly. However, a few days later he spray painted it white, then parked his wife’s van there and it didn’t move for weeks. They just left for vacation before Christmas and he spray painted it yellow AGAIN, parked the van in their driveway and took the truck wherever they went. This all seems super petty and dumb, but my husband parked there since they were gone last night and this morning we had a parking citation. Our neighbor has a ring on his door and I feel that he saw the movement, saw the parked car, and called the cops. It is painfully obvious he is spray painting the curb (different color yellow, paint sprayed into our grass, cinder blocks just sitting there so he can use them again next paint job). What can I do? Is this behavior even legal? How can I contest the citation? tl;dr: neighbor is painting public curb to his benefit, we believe he called the cops on us for parking there while they were out of town. Can he continue painting the public curb as he sees fit and can I contest the citation we received based on his behavior? | ecox9p5 | ecois8y | 1,545,953,663 | 1,545,942,956 | 2,065 | 622 | Call the city, not the police. Cities will take a big shit on him for making up parking rules. My friends neighbor made fake no parking signs in front of his house and got huge fines | Call the department of public works. Find out if they have a record of tha location being painted for no parking. Assuming no, take written proof that it is NOT a no parking zone in and ask the city prosecutor to dismiss it. You can also ask if the city will ticket the guy for painting the curb in his own. | 1 | 10,707 | 3.319936 |
aa2pqj | legaladvice_train | 0.97 | (WV) Neighbor paints curb yellow across from driveway on public street to prevent us from parking there, then paints it white so his wife can permanently park there for weeks. They left for vacation before Christmas and painted it yellow again so we, or our guests, couldn’t use it. We live at the end of a street that wraps around and essentially becomes a rectangle with another street. Our house sits on one side of this corner/“end” and our neighbor is directly across from us. He parks a huge RV/his truck in his driveway so his wife has to park her van around the corner on the other street instead of in his driveway. When we moved in, there was an area outside of our front yard that the curb was clearly not painted and we used it maybe 4-5 times when we had friends visit. This curb is directly across from his driveway. He asked us one day to not park there anymore because it was hard for his wife to get out of the driveway (whose van never moves from the spot around the corner?) and we agreed to avoid it unless we had guests. He didn’t seem satisfied with our answer but left. A day or so later we noticed that he had spray painted (literally) the curb yellow overnight so that we couldn’t park there anymore. We just shrugged it off because parking isn’t a huge deal and I’m not about to go to war with a neighbor over something so silly. However, a few days later he spray painted it white, then parked his wife’s van there and it didn’t move for weeks. They just left for vacation before Christmas and he spray painted it yellow AGAIN, parked the van in their driveway and took the truck wherever they went. This all seems super petty and dumb, but my husband parked there since they were gone last night and this morning we had a parking citation. Our neighbor has a ring on his door and I feel that he saw the movement, saw the parked car, and called the cops. It is painfully obvious he is spray painting the curb (different color yellow, paint sprayed into our grass, cinder blocks just sitting there so he can use them again next paint job). What can I do? Is this behavior even legal? How can I contest the citation? tl;dr: neighbor is painting public curb to his benefit, we believe he called the cops on us for parking there while they were out of town. Can he continue painting the public curb as he sees fit and can I contest the citation we received based on his behavior? | ecoh9m2 | ecox9p5 | 1,545,941,703 | 1,545,953,663 | 179 | 2,065 | I would call the city or county first (public works or whoever manages the roads) and see what they think. Typically, a sign is needed to prohibit parking, unless spot is near an intersection, fire hydrant, etc. | Call the city, not the police. Cities will take a big shit on him for making up parking rules. My friends neighbor made fake no parking signs in front of his house and got huge fines | 0 | 11,960 | 11.536313 |
aa2pqj | legaladvice_train | 0.97 | (WV) Neighbor paints curb yellow across from driveway on public street to prevent us from parking there, then paints it white so his wife can permanently park there for weeks. They left for vacation before Christmas and painted it yellow again so we, or our guests, couldn’t use it. We live at the end of a street that wraps around and essentially becomes a rectangle with another street. Our house sits on one side of this corner/“end” and our neighbor is directly across from us. He parks a huge RV/his truck in his driveway so his wife has to park her van around the corner on the other street instead of in his driveway. When we moved in, there was an area outside of our front yard that the curb was clearly not painted and we used it maybe 4-5 times when we had friends visit. This curb is directly across from his driveway. He asked us one day to not park there anymore because it was hard for his wife to get out of the driveway (whose van never moves from the spot around the corner?) and we agreed to avoid it unless we had guests. He didn’t seem satisfied with our answer but left. A day or so later we noticed that he had spray painted (literally) the curb yellow overnight so that we couldn’t park there anymore. We just shrugged it off because parking isn’t a huge deal and I’m not about to go to war with a neighbor over something so silly. However, a few days later he spray painted it white, then parked his wife’s van there and it didn’t move for weeks. They just left for vacation before Christmas and he spray painted it yellow AGAIN, parked the van in their driveway and took the truck wherever they went. This all seems super petty and dumb, but my husband parked there since they were gone last night and this morning we had a parking citation. Our neighbor has a ring on his door and I feel that he saw the movement, saw the parked car, and called the cops. It is painfully obvious he is spray painting the curb (different color yellow, paint sprayed into our grass, cinder blocks just sitting there so he can use them again next paint job). What can I do? Is this behavior even legal? How can I contest the citation? tl;dr: neighbor is painting public curb to his benefit, we believe he called the cops on us for parking there while they were out of town. Can he continue painting the public curb as he sees fit and can I contest the citation we received based on his behavior? | ecox9p5 | econ3mq | 1,545,953,663 | 1,545,946,018 | 2,065 | 110 | Call the city, not the police. Cities will take a big shit on him for making up parking rules. My friends neighbor made fake no parking signs in front of his house and got huge fines | Call the cops for the vandalism, also you can park there no matter what he paints. It is the space in front of your house. | 1 | 7,645 | 18.772727 |
aa2pqj | legaladvice_train | 0.97 | (WV) Neighbor paints curb yellow across from driveway on public street to prevent us from parking there, then paints it white so his wife can permanently park there for weeks. They left for vacation before Christmas and painted it yellow again so we, or our guests, couldn’t use it. We live at the end of a street that wraps around and essentially becomes a rectangle with another street. Our house sits on one side of this corner/“end” and our neighbor is directly across from us. He parks a huge RV/his truck in his driveway so his wife has to park her van around the corner on the other street instead of in his driveway. When we moved in, there was an area outside of our front yard that the curb was clearly not painted and we used it maybe 4-5 times when we had friends visit. This curb is directly across from his driveway. He asked us one day to not park there anymore because it was hard for his wife to get out of the driveway (whose van never moves from the spot around the corner?) and we agreed to avoid it unless we had guests. He didn’t seem satisfied with our answer but left. A day or so later we noticed that he had spray painted (literally) the curb yellow overnight so that we couldn’t park there anymore. We just shrugged it off because parking isn’t a huge deal and I’m not about to go to war with a neighbor over something so silly. However, a few days later he spray painted it white, then parked his wife’s van there and it didn’t move for weeks. They just left for vacation before Christmas and he spray painted it yellow AGAIN, parked the van in their driveway and took the truck wherever they went. This all seems super petty and dumb, but my husband parked there since they were gone last night and this morning we had a parking citation. Our neighbor has a ring on his door and I feel that he saw the movement, saw the parked car, and called the cops. It is painfully obvious he is spray painting the curb (different color yellow, paint sprayed into our grass, cinder blocks just sitting there so he can use them again next paint job). What can I do? Is this behavior even legal? How can I contest the citation? tl;dr: neighbor is painting public curb to his benefit, we believe he called the cops on us for parking there while they were out of town. Can he continue painting the public curb as he sees fit and can I contest the citation we received based on his behavior? | ecox9p5 | ecosv1m | 1,545,953,663 | 1,545,950,028 | 2,065 | 78 | Call the city, not the police. Cities will take a big shit on him for making up parking rules. My friends neighbor made fake no parking signs in front of his house and got huge fines | Call your city hall. This has got to be illegal on your neighbors part. Time for cameras of your own | 1 | 3,635 | 26.474359 |
aa2pqj | legaladvice_train | 0.97 | (WV) Neighbor paints curb yellow across from driveway on public street to prevent us from parking there, then paints it white so his wife can permanently park there for weeks. They left for vacation before Christmas and painted it yellow again so we, or our guests, couldn’t use it. We live at the end of a street that wraps around and essentially becomes a rectangle with another street. Our house sits on one side of this corner/“end” and our neighbor is directly across from us. He parks a huge RV/his truck in his driveway so his wife has to park her van around the corner on the other street instead of in his driveway. When we moved in, there was an area outside of our front yard that the curb was clearly not painted and we used it maybe 4-5 times when we had friends visit. This curb is directly across from his driveway. He asked us one day to not park there anymore because it was hard for his wife to get out of the driveway (whose van never moves from the spot around the corner?) and we agreed to avoid it unless we had guests. He didn’t seem satisfied with our answer but left. A day or so later we noticed that he had spray painted (literally) the curb yellow overnight so that we couldn’t park there anymore. We just shrugged it off because parking isn’t a huge deal and I’m not about to go to war with a neighbor over something so silly. However, a few days later he spray painted it white, then parked his wife’s van there and it didn’t move for weeks. They just left for vacation before Christmas and he spray painted it yellow AGAIN, parked the van in their driveway and took the truck wherever they went. This all seems super petty and dumb, but my husband parked there since they were gone last night and this morning we had a parking citation. Our neighbor has a ring on his door and I feel that he saw the movement, saw the parked car, and called the cops. It is painfully obvious he is spray painting the curb (different color yellow, paint sprayed into our grass, cinder blocks just sitting there so he can use them again next paint job). What can I do? Is this behavior even legal? How can I contest the citation? tl;dr: neighbor is painting public curb to his benefit, we believe he called the cops on us for parking there while they were out of town. Can he continue painting the public curb as he sees fit and can I contest the citation we received based on his behavior? | ecohcrs | ecoh9m2 | 1,545,941,777 | 1,545,941,703 | 1,523 | 179 | Not a lawyer but that seems like it’s either vandalism or destruction of government property. I would call local code enforcement and ask if they have authorized the painting. | I would call the city or county first (public works or whoever manages the roads) and see what they think. Typically, a sign is needed to prohibit parking, unless spot is near an intersection, fire hydrant, etc. | 1 | 74 | 8.50838 |
aa2pqj | legaladvice_train | 0.97 | (WV) Neighbor paints curb yellow across from driveway on public street to prevent us from parking there, then paints it white so his wife can permanently park there for weeks. They left for vacation before Christmas and painted it yellow again so we, or our guests, couldn’t use it. We live at the end of a street that wraps around and essentially becomes a rectangle with another street. Our house sits on one side of this corner/“end” and our neighbor is directly across from us. He parks a huge RV/his truck in his driveway so his wife has to park her van around the corner on the other street instead of in his driveway. When we moved in, there was an area outside of our front yard that the curb was clearly not painted and we used it maybe 4-5 times when we had friends visit. This curb is directly across from his driveway. He asked us one day to not park there anymore because it was hard for his wife to get out of the driveway (whose van never moves from the spot around the corner?) and we agreed to avoid it unless we had guests. He didn’t seem satisfied with our answer but left. A day or so later we noticed that he had spray painted (literally) the curb yellow overnight so that we couldn’t park there anymore. We just shrugged it off because parking isn’t a huge deal and I’m not about to go to war with a neighbor over something so silly. However, a few days later he spray painted it white, then parked his wife’s van there and it didn’t move for weeks. They just left for vacation before Christmas and he spray painted it yellow AGAIN, parked the van in their driveway and took the truck wherever they went. This all seems super petty and dumb, but my husband parked there since they were gone last night and this morning we had a parking citation. Our neighbor has a ring on his door and I feel that he saw the movement, saw the parked car, and called the cops. It is painfully obvious he is spray painting the curb (different color yellow, paint sprayed into our grass, cinder blocks just sitting there so he can use them again next paint job). What can I do? Is this behavior even legal? How can I contest the citation? tl;dr: neighbor is painting public curb to his benefit, we believe he called the cops on us for parking there while they were out of town. Can he continue painting the public curb as he sees fit and can I contest the citation we received based on his behavior? | ecohukf | ecoh9m2 | 1,545,942,189 | 1,545,941,703 | 795 | 179 | I am not a lawyer but some communities have ordinances in regards to RV and boat parking in driveways. Your petty neighbor may have just picked a fight he’s going to lose. Also, if they are parking on the street long term many communities also have parking limitations of 24-48 hrs before a car can be ticketed as abandoned. I’m not suggesting any of these options just making you aware that these may be options you could resort to if this should continue to escalate. | I would call the city or county first (public works or whoever manages the roads) and see what they think. Typically, a sign is needed to prohibit parking, unless spot is near an intersection, fire hydrant, etc. | 1 | 486 | 4.441341 |
aa2pqj | legaladvice_train | 0.97 | (WV) Neighbor paints curb yellow across from driveway on public street to prevent us from parking there, then paints it white so his wife can permanently park there for weeks. They left for vacation before Christmas and painted it yellow again so we, or our guests, couldn’t use it. We live at the end of a street that wraps around and essentially becomes a rectangle with another street. Our house sits on one side of this corner/“end” and our neighbor is directly across from us. He parks a huge RV/his truck in his driveway so his wife has to park her van around the corner on the other street instead of in his driveway. When we moved in, there was an area outside of our front yard that the curb was clearly not painted and we used it maybe 4-5 times when we had friends visit. This curb is directly across from his driveway. He asked us one day to not park there anymore because it was hard for his wife to get out of the driveway (whose van never moves from the spot around the corner?) and we agreed to avoid it unless we had guests. He didn’t seem satisfied with our answer but left. A day or so later we noticed that he had spray painted (literally) the curb yellow overnight so that we couldn’t park there anymore. We just shrugged it off because parking isn’t a huge deal and I’m not about to go to war with a neighbor over something so silly. However, a few days later he spray painted it white, then parked his wife’s van there and it didn’t move for weeks. They just left for vacation before Christmas and he spray painted it yellow AGAIN, parked the van in their driveway and took the truck wherever they went. This all seems super petty and dumb, but my husband parked there since they were gone last night and this morning we had a parking citation. Our neighbor has a ring on his door and I feel that he saw the movement, saw the parked car, and called the cops. It is painfully obvious he is spray painting the curb (different color yellow, paint sprayed into our grass, cinder blocks just sitting there so he can use them again next paint job). What can I do? Is this behavior even legal? How can I contest the citation? tl;dr: neighbor is painting public curb to his benefit, we believe he called the cops on us for parking there while they were out of town. Can he continue painting the public curb as he sees fit and can I contest the citation we received based on his behavior? | ecoh9m2 | ecois8y | 1,545,941,703 | 1,545,942,956 | 179 | 622 | I would call the city or county first (public works or whoever manages the roads) and see what they think. Typically, a sign is needed to prohibit parking, unless spot is near an intersection, fire hydrant, etc. | Call the department of public works. Find out if they have a record of tha location being painted for no parking. Assuming no, take written proof that it is NOT a no parking zone in and ask the city prosecutor to dismiss it. You can also ask if the city will ticket the guy for painting the curb in his own. | 0 | 1,253 | 3.47486 |
aa2pqj | legaladvice_train | 0.97 | (WV) Neighbor paints curb yellow across from driveway on public street to prevent us from parking there, then paints it white so his wife can permanently park there for weeks. They left for vacation before Christmas and painted it yellow again so we, or our guests, couldn’t use it. We live at the end of a street that wraps around and essentially becomes a rectangle with another street. Our house sits on one side of this corner/“end” and our neighbor is directly across from us. He parks a huge RV/his truck in his driveway so his wife has to park her van around the corner on the other street instead of in his driveway. When we moved in, there was an area outside of our front yard that the curb was clearly not painted and we used it maybe 4-5 times when we had friends visit. This curb is directly across from his driveway. He asked us one day to not park there anymore because it was hard for his wife to get out of the driveway (whose van never moves from the spot around the corner?) and we agreed to avoid it unless we had guests. He didn’t seem satisfied with our answer but left. A day or so later we noticed that he had spray painted (literally) the curb yellow overnight so that we couldn’t park there anymore. We just shrugged it off because parking isn’t a huge deal and I’m not about to go to war with a neighbor over something so silly. However, a few days later he spray painted it white, then parked his wife’s van there and it didn’t move for weeks. They just left for vacation before Christmas and he spray painted it yellow AGAIN, parked the van in their driveway and took the truck wherever they went. This all seems super petty and dumb, but my husband parked there since they were gone last night and this morning we had a parking citation. Our neighbor has a ring on his door and I feel that he saw the movement, saw the parked car, and called the cops. It is painfully obvious he is spray painting the curb (different color yellow, paint sprayed into our grass, cinder blocks just sitting there so he can use them again next paint job). What can I do? Is this behavior even legal? How can I contest the citation? tl;dr: neighbor is painting public curb to his benefit, we believe he called the cops on us for parking there while they were out of town. Can he continue painting the public curb as he sees fit and can I contest the citation we received based on his behavior? | ecp3c3u | ecp631g | 1,545,958,959 | 1,545,961,418 | 42 | 63 | I am not a lawyer. Often cities have ordinances about cars parked on the street for a long period without moving them. (For when he paints it white). Feel free to report his vehicle and have it marked. Then if he fails to move it, they will ticket and/or tow. Usually it will be considered as parked in the same spot unless it’s at least a certain distance away for 24 hours. Feel free to park there when he does move it. Also, looking at West Virginia code: 17C-13 doesn’t ever call out yellow curbs. (It does call out blue ones for wheelchair accessible parking) Check your city ordinance, but unless it calls out yellow curbs, it won’t matter who painted it. Honestly, it might take a police officer telling him he can’t paint curbs to try and prevent people parking there. You may need to invest in a camera to show him making the markings. I’d highly suggest it as the neighbor may escalate his actions when you start to defy his wishes. | I’m a traffic engineer. You cannot just paint curbs. Your neighbor does not own the curb. The curb is part of a public street, and is thus public property. I am not a lawyer so I don’t know who you should contact but I would say that is definitely illegal. | 0 | 2,459 | 1.5 |
aa2pqj | legaladvice_train | 0.97 | (WV) Neighbor paints curb yellow across from driveway on public street to prevent us from parking there, then paints it white so his wife can permanently park there for weeks. They left for vacation before Christmas and painted it yellow again so we, or our guests, couldn’t use it. We live at the end of a street that wraps around and essentially becomes a rectangle with another street. Our house sits on one side of this corner/“end” and our neighbor is directly across from us. He parks a huge RV/his truck in his driveway so his wife has to park her van around the corner on the other street instead of in his driveway. When we moved in, there was an area outside of our front yard that the curb was clearly not painted and we used it maybe 4-5 times when we had friends visit. This curb is directly across from his driveway. He asked us one day to not park there anymore because it was hard for his wife to get out of the driveway (whose van never moves from the spot around the corner?) and we agreed to avoid it unless we had guests. He didn’t seem satisfied with our answer but left. A day or so later we noticed that he had spray painted (literally) the curb yellow overnight so that we couldn’t park there anymore. We just shrugged it off because parking isn’t a huge deal and I’m not about to go to war with a neighbor over something so silly. However, a few days later he spray painted it white, then parked his wife’s van there and it didn’t move for weeks. They just left for vacation before Christmas and he spray painted it yellow AGAIN, parked the van in their driveway and took the truck wherever they went. This all seems super petty and dumb, but my husband parked there since they were gone last night and this morning we had a parking citation. Our neighbor has a ring on his door and I feel that he saw the movement, saw the parked car, and called the cops. It is painfully obvious he is spray painting the curb (different color yellow, paint sprayed into our grass, cinder blocks just sitting there so he can use them again next paint job). What can I do? Is this behavior even legal? How can I contest the citation? tl;dr: neighbor is painting public curb to his benefit, we believe he called the cops on us for parking there while they were out of town. Can he continue painting the public curb as he sees fit and can I contest the citation we received based on his behavior? | ecpbqx6 | ecp3c3u | 1,545,966,513 | 1,545,958,959 | 46 | 42 | I'd contest that ticket, if possible. You should be able to contact your city/county public works department and get a map showing that curb is not supposed to be yellow. While you are at it, let the nice people you talk to know what neighbor is up to, and they will handle it. You might also want to call the county attorney or whatever office handles misdemeanors to complain. Normally I'd advise against it since I am telling you to contest the ticket. But the whole situation is really silly, and I don't think there's much harm in a frank conversation with the local prosecutor's office in this case. Just be polite when you talk to them. WV is a great state BTW, and this is one of those times where being in a small community can really help you out. Speaking as your friendly neighbor from Kentucky! | I am not a lawyer. Often cities have ordinances about cars parked on the street for a long period without moving them. (For when he paints it white). Feel free to report his vehicle and have it marked. Then if he fails to move it, they will ticket and/or tow. Usually it will be considered as parked in the same spot unless it’s at least a certain distance away for 24 hours. Feel free to park there when he does move it. Also, looking at West Virginia code: 17C-13 doesn’t ever call out yellow curbs. (It does call out blue ones for wheelchair accessible parking) Check your city ordinance, but unless it calls out yellow curbs, it won’t matter who painted it. Honestly, it might take a police officer telling him he can’t paint curbs to try and prevent people parking there. You may need to invest in a camera to show him making the markings. I’d highly suggest it as the neighbor may escalate his actions when you start to defy his wishes. | 1 | 7,554 | 1.095238 |
aa2pqj | legaladvice_train | 0.97 | (WV) Neighbor paints curb yellow across from driveway on public street to prevent us from parking there, then paints it white so his wife can permanently park there for weeks. They left for vacation before Christmas and painted it yellow again so we, or our guests, couldn’t use it. We live at the end of a street that wraps around and essentially becomes a rectangle with another street. Our house sits on one side of this corner/“end” and our neighbor is directly across from us. He parks a huge RV/his truck in his driveway so his wife has to park her van around the corner on the other street instead of in his driveway. When we moved in, there was an area outside of our front yard that the curb was clearly not painted and we used it maybe 4-5 times when we had friends visit. This curb is directly across from his driveway. He asked us one day to not park there anymore because it was hard for his wife to get out of the driveway (whose van never moves from the spot around the corner?) and we agreed to avoid it unless we had guests. He didn’t seem satisfied with our answer but left. A day or so later we noticed that he had spray painted (literally) the curb yellow overnight so that we couldn’t park there anymore. We just shrugged it off because parking isn’t a huge deal and I’m not about to go to war with a neighbor over something so silly. However, a few days later he spray painted it white, then parked his wife’s van there and it didn’t move for weeks. They just left for vacation before Christmas and he spray painted it yellow AGAIN, parked the van in their driveway and took the truck wherever they went. This all seems super petty and dumb, but my husband parked there since they were gone last night and this morning we had a parking citation. Our neighbor has a ring on his door and I feel that he saw the movement, saw the parked car, and called the cops. It is painfully obvious he is spray painting the curb (different color yellow, paint sprayed into our grass, cinder blocks just sitting there so he can use them again next paint job). What can I do? Is this behavior even legal? How can I contest the citation? tl;dr: neighbor is painting public curb to his benefit, we believe he called the cops on us for parking there while they were out of town. Can he continue painting the public curb as he sees fit and can I contest the citation we received based on his behavior? | ecp7bo2 | ecpbqx6 | 1,545,962,544 | 1,545,966,513 | 34 | 46 | 1. Film it yourself. It'd be great evidence for your city code enforcement. 2. Depending on where you live, you may have public access to your city's geographic information system (GIS). Larger cities do this so you can see land plots, parking regulations, and so on. You can look up that street and find the official governance for it. To be clear, this is illegal. Flat out. Again, depending on your city, the cops may or may not be interested in this or they'll get around to it slowly. I would involve not only your local PD, but the traffic enforcement dept (usually part of the PD), and any code enforcement group that's part of your city. ~~Feel free to PM me if you want more info or talk specifically about your location.~~ Edit: Do not PM me, against Rule #1 I work in municipal code. | I'd contest that ticket, if possible. You should be able to contact your city/county public works department and get a map showing that curb is not supposed to be yellow. While you are at it, let the nice people you talk to know what neighbor is up to, and they will handle it. You might also want to call the county attorney or whatever office handles misdemeanors to complain. Normally I'd advise against it since I am telling you to contest the ticket. But the whole situation is really silly, and I don't think there's much harm in a frank conversation with the local prosecutor's office in this case. Just be polite when you talk to them. WV is a great state BTW, and this is one of those times where being in a small community can really help you out. Speaking as your friendly neighbor from Kentucky! | 0 | 3,969 | 1.352941 |
aa2pqj | legaladvice_train | 0.97 | (WV) Neighbor paints curb yellow across from driveway on public street to prevent us from parking there, then paints it white so his wife can permanently park there for weeks. They left for vacation before Christmas and painted it yellow again so we, or our guests, couldn’t use it. We live at the end of a street that wraps around and essentially becomes a rectangle with another street. Our house sits on one side of this corner/“end” and our neighbor is directly across from us. He parks a huge RV/his truck in his driveway so his wife has to park her van around the corner on the other street instead of in his driveway. When we moved in, there was an area outside of our front yard that the curb was clearly not painted and we used it maybe 4-5 times when we had friends visit. This curb is directly across from his driveway. He asked us one day to not park there anymore because it was hard for his wife to get out of the driveway (whose van never moves from the spot around the corner?) and we agreed to avoid it unless we had guests. He didn’t seem satisfied with our answer but left. A day or so later we noticed that he had spray painted (literally) the curb yellow overnight so that we couldn’t park there anymore. We just shrugged it off because parking isn’t a huge deal and I’m not about to go to war with a neighbor over something so silly. However, a few days later he spray painted it white, then parked his wife’s van there and it didn’t move for weeks. They just left for vacation before Christmas and he spray painted it yellow AGAIN, parked the van in their driveway and took the truck wherever they went. This all seems super petty and dumb, but my husband parked there since they were gone last night and this morning we had a parking citation. Our neighbor has a ring on his door and I feel that he saw the movement, saw the parked car, and called the cops. It is painfully obvious he is spray painting the curb (different color yellow, paint sprayed into our grass, cinder blocks just sitting there so he can use them again next paint job). What can I do? Is this behavior even legal? How can I contest the citation? tl;dr: neighbor is painting public curb to his benefit, we believe he called the cops on us for parking there while they were out of town. Can he continue painting the public curb as he sees fit and can I contest the citation we received based on his behavior? | ecpmgjx | ecpgdrn | 1,545,975,947 | 1,545,970,607 | 29 | 22 | Alternatively you can contact the office of your locality's traffic engineer. (The police will probably do that anyway) My office generally handles issues like this within 72 hours. You would be amazed at how many people do this or install their own no parking signs or speed limit signs.... SOURCE (Traffic service worker in VA) | Take pictures and call the police. The signage/painting/etc. needs to match the plan your city uses. Somewhere in a government office there are actual printed documents describing what is supposed to be there. They can't change the parking designation any more than they can install a "stop" sign. It would be more than a little funny if it was actually a "no parking" zone and he painted it to make it convenient for his own use. The city, however will not be amused. > He parks a huge RV/his truck Most cities have restrictions on what you can park in a residential area. Nearly all areas with an HOA do. The RV might/might not be allowable. If not, you can complain about that too. | 1 | 5,340 | 1.318182 |
aa2pqj | legaladvice_train | 0.97 | (WV) Neighbor paints curb yellow across from driveway on public street to prevent us from parking there, then paints it white so his wife can permanently park there for weeks. They left for vacation before Christmas and painted it yellow again so we, or our guests, couldn’t use it. We live at the end of a street that wraps around and essentially becomes a rectangle with another street. Our house sits on one side of this corner/“end” and our neighbor is directly across from us. He parks a huge RV/his truck in his driveway so his wife has to park her van around the corner on the other street instead of in his driveway. When we moved in, there was an area outside of our front yard that the curb was clearly not painted and we used it maybe 4-5 times when we had friends visit. This curb is directly across from his driveway. He asked us one day to not park there anymore because it was hard for his wife to get out of the driveway (whose van never moves from the spot around the corner?) and we agreed to avoid it unless we had guests. He didn’t seem satisfied with our answer but left. A day or so later we noticed that he had spray painted (literally) the curb yellow overnight so that we couldn’t park there anymore. We just shrugged it off because parking isn’t a huge deal and I’m not about to go to war with a neighbor over something so silly. However, a few days later he spray painted it white, then parked his wife’s van there and it didn’t move for weeks. They just left for vacation before Christmas and he spray painted it yellow AGAIN, parked the van in their driveway and took the truck wherever they went. This all seems super petty and dumb, but my husband parked there since they were gone last night and this morning we had a parking citation. Our neighbor has a ring on his door and I feel that he saw the movement, saw the parked car, and called the cops. It is painfully obvious he is spray painting the curb (different color yellow, paint sprayed into our grass, cinder blocks just sitting there so he can use them again next paint job). What can I do? Is this behavior even legal? How can I contest the citation? tl;dr: neighbor is painting public curb to his benefit, we believe he called the cops on us for parking there while they were out of town. Can he continue painting the public curb as he sees fit and can I contest the citation we received based on his behavior? | ecplasz | ecpmgjx | 1,545,974,814 | 1,545,975,947 | 18 | 29 | You should also find out if it's legal to park an RV in the drive way. A lot of cities have specific length & day limitations. Maybe you need to turn the tables on your neighbors. | Alternatively you can contact the office of your locality's traffic engineer. (The police will probably do that anyway) My office generally handles issues like this within 72 hours. You would be amazed at how many people do this or install their own no parking signs or speed limit signs.... SOURCE (Traffic service worker in VA) | 0 | 1,133 | 1.611111 |
3lyv7j | legaladvice_train | 0.96 | [FL] A private pre-school opened up across the street from my house and the parent traffic blocks me and my neighbors from exiting our driveways. I purchased a home in Florida a few years ago on a street that dead-ends. The driveway to the house opens directly into the street. Across the street from my house, there was a large plot of undeveloped land. Last year, a woman (I will call her Stacy) purchased the land across the street and built a large house surrounded by several portable buildings. She lives in the house and uses the portable buildings as classrooms for a private pre-school, which opened this school year. The neighbors (I have one on each side of my house) on this side of the street were never informed about the construction of the pre-school. When the school year started, I was greeted by a long line of cars (it is a two lane road with no turning lane) waiting to make the left turn into the pre-school that severely backed up traffic. I tried to pull out of my driveway and onto the street, but the cars refused to move (they are all in park with the parents waiting to drop off their kids) and I had to wait over 45 minutes to simply pull out of my own driveway. This also happens at the end of the school day. My neighbors and I had a meeting and went over and asked Stacy if there was a way to help resolve the traffic problem. My neighbor's wife does not work and she said she would be willing to volunteer as a crossing guard because she loves kids. We thought that would be a great solution, but Stacy told us that a crossing guard would be unnecessary. We explained to her that the parents are blocking our driveways and are not leaving gaps in front of our driveways for us to leave. Stacy became very belligerent and asked us to leave. I decided to purchase some signs that say "Please do not block driveway" and placed them on either side of my driveway on Sunday night. My neighbors did the same with their own signs. On Monday morning, I walked out to my car and my driveway was still being blocked by the parents waiting to drop off their kids. I waited for a few minutes, but after 5 minutes went by and the parents continuing to sit in their unmoving vehicles, I started to lay on my horn. Stacy must have heard me, because when I got home from work, someone had ripped my signs out of the ground and they were gone. I checked my security cameras and they have footage of Stacy destroying the signs. My instinct is to call the police, but one of my neighbors believes that because it affects all three of us, that we might have to escalate this higher. What do you all think? | cvaijqy | cvagyus | 1,442,949,784 | 1,442,947,509 | 719 | 228 | There is a series of potential violations for this school. The zoning ordinance for your local jurisdiction should have a list of uses that are allowed in your zone. Some uses are allowed. Some uses are allowed if approved by the jurisdiction. You will have to research and find out. Pre-school and home daycare might be defined differently, but home daycare has restrictions on the number of children that it can serve. Zoning might also have restrictions on how many buildings can be on the lot (main buildings and accessory buildings). It might or might not allow portable buildings on the lot. In order to construct a building or install a portable building, a building permit is required. The permit would include plans showing the buildings. Also, the buildings have to be constructed according to the Building Code that is in effect in your jurisdiction. Additionally, a pre-school needs a business license that they have to obtain from the local business licensing board. An education license might be required. A health department license might also be required, especially if they prepare food. You can do some of the research yourself. The local building department or equivalent should help you with zoning, permit, and codes. In many jurisdictions, the building permits are public. The local business licensing board can help you find out if the business is licensed, how it is licensed, and how many children can attend. | For the destruction of property issue, who is the "someone higher" that you would go to besides the police. As for your main issue, you could check to see if her property is properly zoned for what she's doing and if not report it to the proper authorities (either city or county). | 1 | 2,275 | 3.153509 |
3lyv7j | legaladvice_train | 0.96 | [FL] A private pre-school opened up across the street from my house and the parent traffic blocks me and my neighbors from exiting our driveways. I purchased a home in Florida a few years ago on a street that dead-ends. The driveway to the house opens directly into the street. Across the street from my house, there was a large plot of undeveloped land. Last year, a woman (I will call her Stacy) purchased the land across the street and built a large house surrounded by several portable buildings. She lives in the house and uses the portable buildings as classrooms for a private pre-school, which opened this school year. The neighbors (I have one on each side of my house) on this side of the street were never informed about the construction of the pre-school. When the school year started, I was greeted by a long line of cars (it is a two lane road with no turning lane) waiting to make the left turn into the pre-school that severely backed up traffic. I tried to pull out of my driveway and onto the street, but the cars refused to move (they are all in park with the parents waiting to drop off their kids) and I had to wait over 45 minutes to simply pull out of my own driveway. This also happens at the end of the school day. My neighbors and I had a meeting and went over and asked Stacy if there was a way to help resolve the traffic problem. My neighbor's wife does not work and she said she would be willing to volunteer as a crossing guard because she loves kids. We thought that would be a great solution, but Stacy told us that a crossing guard would be unnecessary. We explained to her that the parents are blocking our driveways and are not leaving gaps in front of our driveways for us to leave. Stacy became very belligerent and asked us to leave. I decided to purchase some signs that say "Please do not block driveway" and placed them on either side of my driveway on Sunday night. My neighbors did the same with their own signs. On Monday morning, I walked out to my car and my driveway was still being blocked by the parents waiting to drop off their kids. I waited for a few minutes, but after 5 minutes went by and the parents continuing to sit in their unmoving vehicles, I started to lay on my horn. Stacy must have heard me, because when I got home from work, someone had ripped my signs out of the ground and they were gone. I checked my security cameras and they have footage of Stacy destroying the signs. My instinct is to call the police, but one of my neighbors believes that because it affects all three of us, that we might have to escalate this higher. What do you all think? | cvaifz3 | cvaijqy | 1,442,949,637 | 1,442,949,784 | 216 | 719 | Definitely call the police. She definitely committed vandalism by destroying your signs. She also might be violating other regulations like zoning laws. It sounds like the street wasn't designed for nearly that much traffic, and so it seems unlikely that the city would allow her to place a high-traffic business there. | There is a series of potential violations for this school. The zoning ordinance for your local jurisdiction should have a list of uses that are allowed in your zone. Some uses are allowed. Some uses are allowed if approved by the jurisdiction. You will have to research and find out. Pre-school and home daycare might be defined differently, but home daycare has restrictions on the number of children that it can serve. Zoning might also have restrictions on how many buildings can be on the lot (main buildings and accessory buildings). It might or might not allow portable buildings on the lot. In order to construct a building or install a portable building, a building permit is required. The permit would include plans showing the buildings. Also, the buildings have to be constructed according to the Building Code that is in effect in your jurisdiction. Additionally, a pre-school needs a business license that they have to obtain from the local business licensing board. An education license might be required. A health department license might also be required, especially if they prepare food. You can do some of the research yourself. The local building department or equivalent should help you with zoning, permit, and codes. In many jurisdictions, the building permits are public. The local business licensing board can help you find out if the business is licensed, how it is licensed, and how many children can attend. | 0 | 147 | 3.328704 |
3lyv7j | legaladvice_train | 0.96 | [FL] A private pre-school opened up across the street from my house and the parent traffic blocks me and my neighbors from exiting our driveways. I purchased a home in Florida a few years ago on a street that dead-ends. The driveway to the house opens directly into the street. Across the street from my house, there was a large plot of undeveloped land. Last year, a woman (I will call her Stacy) purchased the land across the street and built a large house surrounded by several portable buildings. She lives in the house and uses the portable buildings as classrooms for a private pre-school, which opened this school year. The neighbors (I have one on each side of my house) on this side of the street were never informed about the construction of the pre-school. When the school year started, I was greeted by a long line of cars (it is a two lane road with no turning lane) waiting to make the left turn into the pre-school that severely backed up traffic. I tried to pull out of my driveway and onto the street, but the cars refused to move (they are all in park with the parents waiting to drop off their kids) and I had to wait over 45 minutes to simply pull out of my own driveway. This also happens at the end of the school day. My neighbors and I had a meeting and went over and asked Stacy if there was a way to help resolve the traffic problem. My neighbor's wife does not work and she said she would be willing to volunteer as a crossing guard because she loves kids. We thought that would be a great solution, but Stacy told us that a crossing guard would be unnecessary. We explained to her that the parents are blocking our driveways and are not leaving gaps in front of our driveways for us to leave. Stacy became very belligerent and asked us to leave. I decided to purchase some signs that say "Please do not block driveway" and placed them on either side of my driveway on Sunday night. My neighbors did the same with their own signs. On Monday morning, I walked out to my car and my driveway was still being blocked by the parents waiting to drop off their kids. I waited for a few minutes, but after 5 minutes went by and the parents continuing to sit in their unmoving vehicles, I started to lay on my horn. Stacy must have heard me, because when I got home from work, someone had ripped my signs out of the ground and they were gone. I checked my security cameras and they have footage of Stacy destroying the signs. My instinct is to call the police, but one of my neighbors believes that because it affects all three of us, that we might have to escalate this higher. What do you all think? | cvah056 | cvaijqy | 1,442,947,558 | 1,442,949,784 | 45 | 719 | The police can help with vandalism, theft (did she take them?), and maybe trespassing but blocking your driveway is normal when traffic is backed up. My instinct is that the long term solution to your problem involves the city council more than the police. New traffic rules and official signage proba ly is needed. | There is a series of potential violations for this school. The zoning ordinance for your local jurisdiction should have a list of uses that are allowed in your zone. Some uses are allowed. Some uses are allowed if approved by the jurisdiction. You will have to research and find out. Pre-school and home daycare might be defined differently, but home daycare has restrictions on the number of children that it can serve. Zoning might also have restrictions on how many buildings can be on the lot (main buildings and accessory buildings). It might or might not allow portable buildings on the lot. In order to construct a building or install a portable building, a building permit is required. The permit would include plans showing the buildings. Also, the buildings have to be constructed according to the Building Code that is in effect in your jurisdiction. Additionally, a pre-school needs a business license that they have to obtain from the local business licensing board. An education license might be required. A health department license might also be required, especially if they prepare food. You can do some of the research yourself. The local building department or equivalent should help you with zoning, permit, and codes. In many jurisdictions, the building permits are public. The local business licensing board can help you find out if the business is licensed, how it is licensed, and how many children can attend. | 0 | 2,226 | 15.977778 |
3lyv7j | legaladvice_train | 0.96 | [FL] A private pre-school opened up across the street from my house and the parent traffic blocks me and my neighbors from exiting our driveways. I purchased a home in Florida a few years ago on a street that dead-ends. The driveway to the house opens directly into the street. Across the street from my house, there was a large plot of undeveloped land. Last year, a woman (I will call her Stacy) purchased the land across the street and built a large house surrounded by several portable buildings. She lives in the house and uses the portable buildings as classrooms for a private pre-school, which opened this school year. The neighbors (I have one on each side of my house) on this side of the street were never informed about the construction of the pre-school. When the school year started, I was greeted by a long line of cars (it is a two lane road with no turning lane) waiting to make the left turn into the pre-school that severely backed up traffic. I tried to pull out of my driveway and onto the street, but the cars refused to move (they are all in park with the parents waiting to drop off their kids) and I had to wait over 45 minutes to simply pull out of my own driveway. This also happens at the end of the school day. My neighbors and I had a meeting and went over and asked Stacy if there was a way to help resolve the traffic problem. My neighbor's wife does not work and she said she would be willing to volunteer as a crossing guard because she loves kids. We thought that would be a great solution, but Stacy told us that a crossing guard would be unnecessary. We explained to her that the parents are blocking our driveways and are not leaving gaps in front of our driveways for us to leave. Stacy became very belligerent and asked us to leave. I decided to purchase some signs that say "Please do not block driveway" and placed them on either side of my driveway on Sunday night. My neighbors did the same with their own signs. On Monday morning, I walked out to my car and my driveway was still being blocked by the parents waiting to drop off their kids. I waited for a few minutes, but after 5 minutes went by and the parents continuing to sit in their unmoving vehicles, I started to lay on my horn. Stacy must have heard me, because when I got home from work, someone had ripped my signs out of the ground and they were gone. I checked my security cameras and they have footage of Stacy destroying the signs. My instinct is to call the police, but one of my neighbors believes that because it affects all three of us, that we might have to escalate this higher. What do you all think? | cvaifz3 | cvah056 | 1,442,949,637 | 1,442,947,558 | 216 | 45 | Definitely call the police. She definitely committed vandalism by destroying your signs. She also might be violating other regulations like zoning laws. It sounds like the street wasn't designed for nearly that much traffic, and so it seems unlikely that the city would allow her to place a high-traffic business there. | The police can help with vandalism, theft (did she take them?), and maybe trespassing but blocking your driveway is normal when traffic is backed up. My instinct is that the long term solution to your problem involves the city council more than the police. New traffic rules and official signage proba ly is needed. | 1 | 2,079 | 4.8 |
3lyv7j | legaladvice_train | 0.96 | [FL] A private pre-school opened up across the street from my house and the parent traffic blocks me and my neighbors from exiting our driveways. I purchased a home in Florida a few years ago on a street that dead-ends. The driveway to the house opens directly into the street. Across the street from my house, there was a large plot of undeveloped land. Last year, a woman (I will call her Stacy) purchased the land across the street and built a large house surrounded by several portable buildings. She lives in the house and uses the portable buildings as classrooms for a private pre-school, which opened this school year. The neighbors (I have one on each side of my house) on this side of the street were never informed about the construction of the pre-school. When the school year started, I was greeted by a long line of cars (it is a two lane road with no turning lane) waiting to make the left turn into the pre-school that severely backed up traffic. I tried to pull out of my driveway and onto the street, but the cars refused to move (they are all in park with the parents waiting to drop off their kids) and I had to wait over 45 minutes to simply pull out of my own driveway. This also happens at the end of the school day. My neighbors and I had a meeting and went over and asked Stacy if there was a way to help resolve the traffic problem. My neighbor's wife does not work and she said she would be willing to volunteer as a crossing guard because she loves kids. We thought that would be a great solution, but Stacy told us that a crossing guard would be unnecessary. We explained to her that the parents are blocking our driveways and are not leaving gaps in front of our driveways for us to leave. Stacy became very belligerent and asked us to leave. I decided to purchase some signs that say "Please do not block driveway" and placed them on either side of my driveway on Sunday night. My neighbors did the same with their own signs. On Monday morning, I walked out to my car and my driveway was still being blocked by the parents waiting to drop off their kids. I waited for a few minutes, but after 5 minutes went by and the parents continuing to sit in their unmoving vehicles, I started to lay on my horn. Stacy must have heard me, because when I got home from work, someone had ripped my signs out of the ground and they were gone. I checked my security cameras and they have footage of Stacy destroying the signs. My instinct is to call the police, but one of my neighbors believes that because it affects all three of us, that we might have to escalate this higher. What do you all think? | cvajekf | cvah056 | 1,442,950,997 | 1,442,947,558 | 149 | 45 | please update us. | The police can help with vandalism, theft (did she take them?), and maybe trespassing but blocking your driveway is normal when traffic is backed up. My instinct is that the long term solution to your problem involves the city council more than the police. New traffic rules and official signage proba ly is needed. | 1 | 3,439 | 3.311111 |
3lyv7j | legaladvice_train | 0.96 | [FL] A private pre-school opened up across the street from my house and the parent traffic blocks me and my neighbors from exiting our driveways. I purchased a home in Florida a few years ago on a street that dead-ends. The driveway to the house opens directly into the street. Across the street from my house, there was a large plot of undeveloped land. Last year, a woman (I will call her Stacy) purchased the land across the street and built a large house surrounded by several portable buildings. She lives in the house and uses the portable buildings as classrooms for a private pre-school, which opened this school year. The neighbors (I have one on each side of my house) on this side of the street were never informed about the construction of the pre-school. When the school year started, I was greeted by a long line of cars (it is a two lane road with no turning lane) waiting to make the left turn into the pre-school that severely backed up traffic. I tried to pull out of my driveway and onto the street, but the cars refused to move (they are all in park with the parents waiting to drop off their kids) and I had to wait over 45 minutes to simply pull out of my own driveway. This also happens at the end of the school day. My neighbors and I had a meeting and went over and asked Stacy if there was a way to help resolve the traffic problem. My neighbor's wife does not work and she said she would be willing to volunteer as a crossing guard because she loves kids. We thought that would be a great solution, but Stacy told us that a crossing guard would be unnecessary. We explained to her that the parents are blocking our driveways and are not leaving gaps in front of our driveways for us to leave. Stacy became very belligerent and asked us to leave. I decided to purchase some signs that say "Please do not block driveway" and placed them on either side of my driveway on Sunday night. My neighbors did the same with their own signs. On Monday morning, I walked out to my car and my driveway was still being blocked by the parents waiting to drop off their kids. I waited for a few minutes, but after 5 minutes went by and the parents continuing to sit in their unmoving vehicles, I started to lay on my horn. Stacy must have heard me, because when I got home from work, someone had ripped my signs out of the ground and they were gone. I checked my security cameras and they have footage of Stacy destroying the signs. My instinct is to call the police, but one of my neighbors believes that because it affects all three of us, that we might have to escalate this higher. What do you all think? | cvapc41 | cvakdvz | 1,442,960,010 | 1,442,952,416 | 66 | 47 | I work with zoning issues and building permits every day. Please check that she is properly zoned. If she's not, that will shut her down the quickest and easiest way (at least where I live). Keep the security cameras running. It's the only way you'll be able to prove any of the damage to the police or lawyers. Good luck, and keep us updated! | Obligatory I am not a lawyer >My instinct is to call the police, but one of my neighbors believes that because it affects all three of us, that we might have to escalate this higher. Why would the possibility of escalating things later stop you from calling the police now? This is a completely separate issue about her destroying your property. | 1 | 7,594 | 1.404255 |
3lyv7j | legaladvice_train | 0.96 | [FL] A private pre-school opened up across the street from my house and the parent traffic blocks me and my neighbors from exiting our driveways. I purchased a home in Florida a few years ago on a street that dead-ends. The driveway to the house opens directly into the street. Across the street from my house, there was a large plot of undeveloped land. Last year, a woman (I will call her Stacy) purchased the land across the street and built a large house surrounded by several portable buildings. She lives in the house and uses the portable buildings as classrooms for a private pre-school, which opened this school year. The neighbors (I have one on each side of my house) on this side of the street were never informed about the construction of the pre-school. When the school year started, I was greeted by a long line of cars (it is a two lane road with no turning lane) waiting to make the left turn into the pre-school that severely backed up traffic. I tried to pull out of my driveway and onto the street, but the cars refused to move (they are all in park with the parents waiting to drop off their kids) and I had to wait over 45 minutes to simply pull out of my own driveway. This also happens at the end of the school day. My neighbors and I had a meeting and went over and asked Stacy if there was a way to help resolve the traffic problem. My neighbor's wife does not work and she said she would be willing to volunteer as a crossing guard because she loves kids. We thought that would be a great solution, but Stacy told us that a crossing guard would be unnecessary. We explained to her that the parents are blocking our driveways and are not leaving gaps in front of our driveways for us to leave. Stacy became very belligerent and asked us to leave. I decided to purchase some signs that say "Please do not block driveway" and placed them on either side of my driveway on Sunday night. My neighbors did the same with their own signs. On Monday morning, I walked out to my car and my driveway was still being blocked by the parents waiting to drop off their kids. I waited for a few minutes, but after 5 minutes went by and the parents continuing to sit in their unmoving vehicles, I started to lay on my horn. Stacy must have heard me, because when I got home from work, someone had ripped my signs out of the ground and they were gone. I checked my security cameras and they have footage of Stacy destroying the signs. My instinct is to call the police, but one of my neighbors believes that because it affects all three of us, that we might have to escalate this higher. What do you all think? | cvapc41 | cvah056 | 1,442,960,010 | 1,442,947,558 | 66 | 45 | I work with zoning issues and building permits every day. Please check that she is properly zoned. If she's not, that will shut her down the quickest and easiest way (at least where I live). Keep the security cameras running. It's the only way you'll be able to prove any of the damage to the police or lawyers. Good luck, and keep us updated! | The police can help with vandalism, theft (did she take them?), and maybe trespassing but blocking your driveway is normal when traffic is backed up. My instinct is that the long term solution to your problem involves the city council more than the police. New traffic rules and official signage proba ly is needed. | 1 | 12,452 | 1.466667 |
3lyv7j | legaladvice_train | 0.96 | [FL] A private pre-school opened up across the street from my house and the parent traffic blocks me and my neighbors from exiting our driveways. I purchased a home in Florida a few years ago on a street that dead-ends. The driveway to the house opens directly into the street. Across the street from my house, there was a large plot of undeveloped land. Last year, a woman (I will call her Stacy) purchased the land across the street and built a large house surrounded by several portable buildings. She lives in the house and uses the portable buildings as classrooms for a private pre-school, which opened this school year. The neighbors (I have one on each side of my house) on this side of the street were never informed about the construction of the pre-school. When the school year started, I was greeted by a long line of cars (it is a two lane road with no turning lane) waiting to make the left turn into the pre-school that severely backed up traffic. I tried to pull out of my driveway and onto the street, but the cars refused to move (they are all in park with the parents waiting to drop off their kids) and I had to wait over 45 minutes to simply pull out of my own driveway. This also happens at the end of the school day. My neighbors and I had a meeting and went over and asked Stacy if there was a way to help resolve the traffic problem. My neighbor's wife does not work and she said she would be willing to volunteer as a crossing guard because she loves kids. We thought that would be a great solution, but Stacy told us that a crossing guard would be unnecessary. We explained to her that the parents are blocking our driveways and are not leaving gaps in front of our driveways for us to leave. Stacy became very belligerent and asked us to leave. I decided to purchase some signs that say "Please do not block driveway" and placed them on either side of my driveway on Sunday night. My neighbors did the same with their own signs. On Monday morning, I walked out to my car and my driveway was still being blocked by the parents waiting to drop off their kids. I waited for a few minutes, but after 5 minutes went by and the parents continuing to sit in their unmoving vehicles, I started to lay on my horn. Stacy must have heard me, because when I got home from work, someone had ripped my signs out of the ground and they were gone. I checked my security cameras and they have footage of Stacy destroying the signs. My instinct is to call the police, but one of my neighbors believes that because it affects all three of us, that we might have to escalate this higher. What do you all think? | cvakdvz | cvah056 | 1,442,952,416 | 1,442,947,558 | 47 | 45 | Obligatory I am not a lawyer >My instinct is to call the police, but one of my neighbors believes that because it affects all three of us, that we might have to escalate this higher. Why would the possibility of escalating things later stop you from calling the police now? This is a completely separate issue about her destroying your property. | The police can help with vandalism, theft (did she take them?), and maybe trespassing but blocking your driveway is normal when traffic is backed up. My instinct is that the long term solution to your problem involves the city council more than the police. New traffic rules and official signage proba ly is needed. | 1 | 4,858 | 1.044444 |
98ddtr | legaladvice_train | 0.97 | I bought my first car from a dealership two months ago. This week they called to tell me they are “buying my loan from the bank” and I need to give the car back. Hey everyone! Sorry for the long title but I could only condense so much. So I bought a car from a reputable dealership about 2 months ago, I traded In my car, which had no issues. I got a call this week that my trade in wasn’t worth what they paid and that they want to buy my loan from the bank and take my new car back. Is this is something they can do? This seems like a serious threat and it seems like if I have already made payments and changed thing on the car it wouldn’t be possible for them to just take it back. Any advice on how to proceed with this dealership would be appreciated. Thanks everyone! Located in the USA if that makes a difference! TLDR: car dealership wants my car I’ve already made two payments on. Because they made a mistake and payed too much for my car. | e4f70xr | e4f6oyf | 1,534,616,583 | 1,534,616,263 | 1,452 | 1,099 | You sold your car to them, it's their problem that it wasn't worth what they thought it was. Tell them they may kick rocks. | Tell them to fuck straight off You have a contract for the sale. Their decision to pay more for your trade in than it is worth does not change that. Unless you committed fraud with regards to the condition or your ownership of the trade in, they don’t have any recourse. | 1 | 320 | 1.321201 |
98ddtr | legaladvice_train | 0.97 | I bought my first car from a dealership two months ago. This week they called to tell me they are “buying my loan from the bank” and I need to give the car back. Hey everyone! Sorry for the long title but I could only condense so much. So I bought a car from a reputable dealership about 2 months ago, I traded In my car, which had no issues. I got a call this week that my trade in wasn’t worth what they paid and that they want to buy my loan from the bank and take my new car back. Is this is something they can do? This seems like a serious threat and it seems like if I have already made payments and changed thing on the car it wouldn’t be possible for them to just take it back. Any advice on how to proceed with this dealership would be appreciated. Thanks everyone! Located in the USA if that makes a difference! TLDR: car dealership wants my car I’ve already made two payments on. Because they made a mistake and payed too much for my car. | e4f70xr | e4f505o | 1,534,616,583 | 1,534,614,653 | 1,452 | 99 | You sold your car to them, it's their problem that it wasn't worth what they thought it was. Tell them they may kick rocks. | Then they need to return your payments, fees, and the car you traded in with no extra mileage. If they can not do those things tell them to contact your lawyer. Not a lawyer. | 1 | 1,930 | 14.666667 |
98ddtr | legaladvice_train | 0.97 | I bought my first car from a dealership two months ago. This week they called to tell me they are “buying my loan from the bank” and I need to give the car back. Hey everyone! Sorry for the long title but I could only condense so much. So I bought a car from a reputable dealership about 2 months ago, I traded In my car, which had no issues. I got a call this week that my trade in wasn’t worth what they paid and that they want to buy my loan from the bank and take my new car back. Is this is something they can do? This seems like a serious threat and it seems like if I have already made payments and changed thing on the car it wouldn’t be possible for them to just take it back. Any advice on how to proceed with this dealership would be appreciated. Thanks everyone! Located in the USA if that makes a difference! TLDR: car dealership wants my car I’ve already made two payments on. Because they made a mistake and payed too much for my car. | e4f70xr | e4f4qui | 1,534,616,583 | 1,534,614,402 | 1,452 | 34 | You sold your car to them, it's their problem that it wasn't worth what they thought it was. Tell them they may kick rocks. | Are they planning on returning your trade in & give you a full refund? If you search this sub this has happened with a few dealerships. | 1 | 2,181 | 42.705882 |
98ddtr | legaladvice_train | 0.97 | I bought my first car from a dealership two months ago. This week they called to tell me they are “buying my loan from the bank” and I need to give the car back. Hey everyone! Sorry for the long title but I could only condense so much. So I bought a car from a reputable dealership about 2 months ago, I traded In my car, which had no issues. I got a call this week that my trade in wasn’t worth what they paid and that they want to buy my loan from the bank and take my new car back. Is this is something they can do? This seems like a serious threat and it seems like if I have already made payments and changed thing on the car it wouldn’t be possible for them to just take it back. Any advice on how to proceed with this dealership would be appreciated. Thanks everyone! Located in the USA if that makes a difference! TLDR: car dealership wants my car I’ve already made two payments on. Because they made a mistake and payed too much for my car. | e4f6oyf | e4f505o | 1,534,616,263 | 1,534,614,653 | 1,099 | 99 | Tell them to fuck straight off You have a contract for the sale. Their decision to pay more for your trade in than it is worth does not change that. Unless you committed fraud with regards to the condition or your ownership of the trade in, they don’t have any recourse. | Then they need to return your payments, fees, and the car you traded in with no extra mileage. If they can not do those things tell them to contact your lawyer. Not a lawyer. | 1 | 1,610 | 11.10101 |
98ddtr | legaladvice_train | 0.97 | I bought my first car from a dealership two months ago. This week they called to tell me they are “buying my loan from the bank” and I need to give the car back. Hey everyone! Sorry for the long title but I could only condense so much. So I bought a car from a reputable dealership about 2 months ago, I traded In my car, which had no issues. I got a call this week that my trade in wasn’t worth what they paid and that they want to buy my loan from the bank and take my new car back. Is this is something they can do? This seems like a serious threat and it seems like if I have already made payments and changed thing on the car it wouldn’t be possible for them to just take it back. Any advice on how to proceed with this dealership would be appreciated. Thanks everyone! Located in the USA if that makes a difference! TLDR: car dealership wants my car I’ve already made two payments on. Because they made a mistake and payed too much for my car. | e4f6oyf | e4f4qui | 1,534,616,263 | 1,534,614,402 | 1,099 | 34 | Tell them to fuck straight off You have a contract for the sale. Their decision to pay more for your trade in than it is worth does not change that. Unless you committed fraud with regards to the condition or your ownership of the trade in, they don’t have any recourse. | Are they planning on returning your trade in & give you a full refund? If you search this sub this has happened with a few dealerships. | 1 | 1,861 | 32.323529 |
98ddtr | legaladvice_train | 0.97 | I bought my first car from a dealership two months ago. This week they called to tell me they are “buying my loan from the bank” and I need to give the car back. Hey everyone! Sorry for the long title but I could only condense so much. So I bought a car from a reputable dealership about 2 months ago, I traded In my car, which had no issues. I got a call this week that my trade in wasn’t worth what they paid and that they want to buy my loan from the bank and take my new car back. Is this is something they can do? This seems like a serious threat and it seems like if I have already made payments and changed thing on the car it wouldn’t be possible for them to just take it back. Any advice on how to proceed with this dealership would be appreciated. Thanks everyone! Located in the USA if that makes a difference! TLDR: car dealership wants my car I’ve already made two payments on. Because they made a mistake and payed too much for my car. | e4f91il | e4f9dli | 1,534,618,548 | 1,534,618,896 | 150 | 471 | As long as your are current on your car payments, they cannot force you to return the car. If you fall delinquent on your payments, the creditor can repossess your car fairly quickly. While keeping in mind that you are not under obligation to do additional business with the dealership, if they propose a deal on terms that are acceptable to you, then you are free to pursue that deal. However I would advise you to keep the following words of wisdom in mind: "If something sounds too good to be true, it probably is" | They can buy the LOAN from the bank, but you own the car. The bank just has a lien on it. And, if they buy the loan, then you just make payments to them and not the bank. But, the bank presumably doesn't go selling individual loans . They sell them off in bulk. And, car dealerships don't want the loans on their books. | 0 | 348 | 3.14 |
98ddtr | legaladvice_train | 0.97 | I bought my first car from a dealership two months ago. This week they called to tell me they are “buying my loan from the bank” and I need to give the car back. Hey everyone! Sorry for the long title but I could only condense so much. So I bought a car from a reputable dealership about 2 months ago, I traded In my car, which had no issues. I got a call this week that my trade in wasn’t worth what they paid and that they want to buy my loan from the bank and take my new car back. Is this is something they can do? This seems like a serious threat and it seems like if I have already made payments and changed thing on the car it wouldn’t be possible for them to just take it back. Any advice on how to proceed with this dealership would be appreciated. Thanks everyone! Located in the USA if that makes a difference! TLDR: car dealership wants my car I’ve already made two payments on. Because they made a mistake and payed too much for my car. | e4f7td6 | e4f9dli | 1,534,617,329 | 1,534,618,896 | 129 | 471 | Tell them to pound sand | They can buy the LOAN from the bank, but you own the car. The bank just has a lien on it. And, if they buy the loan, then you just make payments to them and not the bank. But, the bank presumably doesn't go selling individual loans . They sell them off in bulk. And, car dealerships don't want the loans on their books. | 0 | 1,567 | 3.651163 |
98ddtr | legaladvice_train | 0.97 | I bought my first car from a dealership two months ago. This week they called to tell me they are “buying my loan from the bank” and I need to give the car back. Hey everyone! Sorry for the long title but I could only condense so much. So I bought a car from a reputable dealership about 2 months ago, I traded In my car, which had no issues. I got a call this week that my trade in wasn’t worth what they paid and that they want to buy my loan from the bank and take my new car back. Is this is something they can do? This seems like a serious threat and it seems like if I have already made payments and changed thing on the car it wouldn’t be possible for them to just take it back. Any advice on how to proceed with this dealership would be appreciated. Thanks everyone! Located in the USA if that makes a difference! TLDR: car dealership wants my car I’ve already made two payments on. Because they made a mistake and payed too much for my car. | e4f505o | e4f9dli | 1,534,614,653 | 1,534,618,896 | 99 | 471 | Then they need to return your payments, fees, and the car you traded in with no extra mileage. If they can not do those things tell them to contact your lawyer. Not a lawyer. | They can buy the LOAN from the bank, but you own the car. The bank just has a lien on it. And, if they buy the loan, then you just make payments to them and not the bank. But, the bank presumably doesn't go selling individual loans . They sell them off in bulk. And, car dealerships don't want the loans on their books. | 0 | 4,243 | 4.757576 |
98ddtr | legaladvice_train | 0.97 | I bought my first car from a dealership two months ago. This week they called to tell me they are “buying my loan from the bank” and I need to give the car back. Hey everyone! Sorry for the long title but I could only condense so much. So I bought a car from a reputable dealership about 2 months ago, I traded In my car, which had no issues. I got a call this week that my trade in wasn’t worth what they paid and that they want to buy my loan from the bank and take my new car back. Is this is something they can do? This seems like a serious threat and it seems like if I have already made payments and changed thing on the car it wouldn’t be possible for them to just take it back. Any advice on how to proceed with this dealership would be appreciated. Thanks everyone! Located in the USA if that makes a difference! TLDR: car dealership wants my car I’ve already made two payments on. Because they made a mistake and payed too much for my car. | e4f71nt | e4f9dli | 1,534,616,602 | 1,534,618,896 | 55 | 471 | Was your purchase a new or used car? Do you have the title on the new car? If so, "No" is a complete sentence. The specific state where you're located would be helpful but IMHO "reputable dealership" doesn't apply here. | They can buy the LOAN from the bank, but you own the car. The bank just has a lien on it. And, if they buy the loan, then you just make payments to them and not the bank. But, the bank presumably doesn't go selling individual loans . They sell them off in bulk. And, car dealerships don't want the loans on their books. | 0 | 2,294 | 8.563636 |
98ddtr | legaladvice_train | 0.97 | I bought my first car from a dealership two months ago. This week they called to tell me they are “buying my loan from the bank” and I need to give the car back. Hey everyone! Sorry for the long title but I could only condense so much. So I bought a car from a reputable dealership about 2 months ago, I traded In my car, which had no issues. I got a call this week that my trade in wasn’t worth what they paid and that they want to buy my loan from the bank and take my new car back. Is this is something they can do? This seems like a serious threat and it seems like if I have already made payments and changed thing on the car it wouldn’t be possible for them to just take it back. Any advice on how to proceed with this dealership would be appreciated. Thanks everyone! Located in the USA if that makes a difference! TLDR: car dealership wants my car I’ve already made two payments on. Because they made a mistake and payed too much for my car. | e4f4qui | e4f9dli | 1,534,614,402 | 1,534,618,896 | 34 | 471 | Are they planning on returning your trade in & give you a full refund? If you search this sub this has happened with a few dealerships. | They can buy the LOAN from the bank, but you own the car. The bank just has a lien on it. And, if they buy the loan, then you just make payments to them and not the bank. But, the bank presumably doesn't go selling individual loans . They sell them off in bulk. And, car dealerships don't want the loans on their books. | 0 | 4,494 | 13.852941 |
98ddtr | legaladvice_train | 0.97 | I bought my first car from a dealership two months ago. This week they called to tell me they are “buying my loan from the bank” and I need to give the car back. Hey everyone! Sorry for the long title but I could only condense so much. So I bought a car from a reputable dealership about 2 months ago, I traded In my car, which had no issues. I got a call this week that my trade in wasn’t worth what they paid and that they want to buy my loan from the bank and take my new car back. Is this is something they can do? This seems like a serious threat and it seems like if I have already made payments and changed thing on the car it wouldn’t be possible for them to just take it back. Any advice on how to proceed with this dealership would be appreciated. Thanks everyone! Located in the USA if that makes a difference! TLDR: car dealership wants my car I’ve already made two payments on. Because they made a mistake and payed too much for my car. | e4f91il | e4fanvk | 1,534,618,548 | 1,534,620,255 | 150 | 194 | As long as your are current on your car payments, they cannot force you to return the car. If you fall delinquent on your payments, the creditor can repossess your car fairly quickly. While keeping in mind that you are not under obligation to do additional business with the dealership, if they propose a deal on terms that are acceptable to you, then you are free to pursue that deal. However I would advise you to keep the following words of wisdom in mind: "If something sounds too good to be true, it probably is" | > they want to buy my loan from the bank Sounds like a bluff to scare you into acquiescing. | 0 | 1,707 | 1.293333 |
98ddtr | legaladvice_train | 0.97 | I bought my first car from a dealership two months ago. This week they called to tell me they are “buying my loan from the bank” and I need to give the car back. Hey everyone! Sorry for the long title but I could only condense so much. So I bought a car from a reputable dealership about 2 months ago, I traded In my car, which had no issues. I got a call this week that my trade in wasn’t worth what they paid and that they want to buy my loan from the bank and take my new car back. Is this is something they can do? This seems like a serious threat and it seems like if I have already made payments and changed thing on the car it wouldn’t be possible for them to just take it back. Any advice on how to proceed with this dealership would be appreciated. Thanks everyone! Located in the USA if that makes a difference! TLDR: car dealership wants my car I’ve already made two payments on. Because they made a mistake and payed too much for my car. | e4f7td6 | e4fanvk | 1,534,617,329 | 1,534,620,255 | 129 | 194 | Tell them to pound sand | > they want to buy my loan from the bank Sounds like a bluff to scare you into acquiescing. | 0 | 2,926 | 1.503876 |
98ddtr | legaladvice_train | 0.97 | I bought my first car from a dealership two months ago. This week they called to tell me they are “buying my loan from the bank” and I need to give the car back. Hey everyone! Sorry for the long title but I could only condense so much. So I bought a car from a reputable dealership about 2 months ago, I traded In my car, which had no issues. I got a call this week that my trade in wasn’t worth what they paid and that they want to buy my loan from the bank and take my new car back. Is this is something they can do? This seems like a serious threat and it seems like if I have already made payments and changed thing on the car it wouldn’t be possible for them to just take it back. Any advice on how to proceed with this dealership would be appreciated. Thanks everyone! Located in the USA if that makes a difference! TLDR: car dealership wants my car I’ve already made two payments on. Because they made a mistake and payed too much for my car. | e4fanvk | e4f505o | 1,534,620,255 | 1,534,614,653 | 194 | 99 | > they want to buy my loan from the bank Sounds like a bluff to scare you into acquiescing. | Then they need to return your payments, fees, and the car you traded in with no extra mileage. If they can not do those things tell them to contact your lawyer. Not a lawyer. | 1 | 5,602 | 1.959596 |
98ddtr | legaladvice_train | 0.97 | I bought my first car from a dealership two months ago. This week they called to tell me they are “buying my loan from the bank” and I need to give the car back. Hey everyone! Sorry for the long title but I could only condense so much. So I bought a car from a reputable dealership about 2 months ago, I traded In my car, which had no issues. I got a call this week that my trade in wasn’t worth what they paid and that they want to buy my loan from the bank and take my new car back. Is this is something they can do? This seems like a serious threat and it seems like if I have already made payments and changed thing on the car it wouldn’t be possible for them to just take it back. Any advice on how to proceed with this dealership would be appreciated. Thanks everyone! Located in the USA if that makes a difference! TLDR: car dealership wants my car I’ve already made two payments on. Because they made a mistake and payed too much for my car. | e4fanvk | e4f71nt | 1,534,620,255 | 1,534,616,602 | 194 | 55 | > they want to buy my loan from the bank Sounds like a bluff to scare you into acquiescing. | Was your purchase a new or used car? Do you have the title on the new car? If so, "No" is a complete sentence. The specific state where you're located would be helpful but IMHO "reputable dealership" doesn't apply here. | 1 | 3,653 | 3.527273 |
98ddtr | legaladvice_train | 0.97 | I bought my first car from a dealership two months ago. This week they called to tell me they are “buying my loan from the bank” and I need to give the car back. Hey everyone! Sorry for the long title but I could only condense so much. So I bought a car from a reputable dealership about 2 months ago, I traded In my car, which had no issues. I got a call this week that my trade in wasn’t worth what they paid and that they want to buy my loan from the bank and take my new car back. Is this is something they can do? This seems like a serious threat and it seems like if I have already made payments and changed thing on the car it wouldn’t be possible for them to just take it back. Any advice on how to proceed with this dealership would be appreciated. Thanks everyone! Located in the USA if that makes a difference! TLDR: car dealership wants my car I’ve already made two payments on. Because they made a mistake and payed too much for my car. | e4fanvk | e4f4qui | 1,534,620,255 | 1,534,614,402 | 194 | 34 | > they want to buy my loan from the bank Sounds like a bluff to scare you into acquiescing. | Are they planning on returning your trade in & give you a full refund? If you search this sub this has happened with a few dealerships. | 1 | 5,853 | 5.705882 |
98ddtr | legaladvice_train | 0.97 | I bought my first car from a dealership two months ago. This week they called to tell me they are “buying my loan from the bank” and I need to give the car back. Hey everyone! Sorry for the long title but I could only condense so much. So I bought a car from a reputable dealership about 2 months ago, I traded In my car, which had no issues. I got a call this week that my trade in wasn’t worth what they paid and that they want to buy my loan from the bank and take my new car back. Is this is something they can do? This seems like a serious threat and it seems like if I have already made payments and changed thing on the car it wouldn’t be possible for them to just take it back. Any advice on how to proceed with this dealership would be appreciated. Thanks everyone! Located in the USA if that makes a difference! TLDR: car dealership wants my car I’ve already made two payments on. Because they made a mistake and payed too much for my car. | e4f91il | e4f7td6 | 1,534,618,548 | 1,534,617,329 | 150 | 129 | As long as your are current on your car payments, they cannot force you to return the car. If you fall delinquent on your payments, the creditor can repossess your car fairly quickly. While keeping in mind that you are not under obligation to do additional business with the dealership, if they propose a deal on terms that are acceptable to you, then you are free to pursue that deal. However I would advise you to keep the following words of wisdom in mind: "If something sounds too good to be true, it probably is" | Tell them to pound sand | 1 | 1,219 | 1.162791 |
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