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group home resident on resident sexual assualt? Location: New York State

Location: New York State Hello r/ legaladvice. for some context i am an overnight care worker at a group home. All of the residents are intellectually disabled and are under a 17A guardianship wit...

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Emergency Detention Timer Question

Location: Texas Person in question: autistic teen (14) I keep getting conflicting information on this and wanted to get a solid answer plus any advice on how to proceed. So on 9/23 my teen was take...

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My adoptive parents kicked me out and are still receiving government funds

For some context I was in foster care till 11 and adopted in New York but around the same age I moved down here to Florida but I believe their still receiving money from New York. My guardians kick...

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Our previous property manager is withholding our entire security deposit while adding more charges, including a $75 toilet flapper

Bless you if you read through this mess and have some words of advice because I’m going through hell with our previous property management. I have a binder full of evidence, timelines, emails, ever...

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Haven't been paid 2 checks. What should be done?

Location: Georgia, USA Posting on behalf of my friend. She's been working for a custodial company for 6 weeks now. They get paid weekly. However, her 2nd and 3rd checks have not been received. She ...

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Landlord lost my cashiers check

Location: NC They have video footage of me giving them the check. They admitted this and I have a recording of them admitting it. Its a big apartment company. Some office guy lost it and they want...

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My neighbor owns the shared driveway we both use. Am I under obligation to pay them for maintenance?

Location: Connecticut, USA Just purchased and moved to a new house over the summer. Our retired neighbor owns the entire length of the driveway we both use. We were told the driveway was co-owned (...

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[Indiana] Used truck engine failed 1.5 weeks after purchase, lender says financing was never funded, dealer refuses to return $6,000 down payment

LOCATION: Indiana, USA I’m in Indiana and I’m trying to understand what our legal options may be regarding a used vehicle purchase. In June 2026, my husband and I purchased a used 2017 Ford F-150 ...

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Unhappy neighbor

Location: hickory nc I have been living in my home for a year and half now. I have this neighbor to the side of me. I live in a none hoa area but he loves acting like we are in one. Constantly com...

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Landlords are getting a divorce and we are stuck in the middle.

Location: San Diego County, CA, USA We have been renting a home from a couple for 2 years and are entering the third year of tenancy. The lease was written in only the husbands name as the "housing...

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Travel agency made a mistake booking our flights and cost my family $15,000

Location: Nebraska My family went on a week-long trip to Ireland and Scotland in August which we booked through an independent travel agent in Nebraska who is contracted with the agency Europe Expr...

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Thousands of Termites untreated in baby room

Location: San Diego, CA I am a condo owner in San Diego, California. On August 19, I reported that I found a few termites in my primary bedroom to the HOA maintenance contact. Our HOA is responsib...

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Am I wasting my time? Dealer sold me a car with a wiped computer hiding a dead transmission (Texas DTPA Case)

Location: Dallas, Texas Hey everyone, looking for some reassurance/advice here. I bought a 2016 Nissan Murano cash for $5,800 on July 25th from a licensed used car dealership in Texas. Roughly 3 we...

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Contract changed without notice?

Location: Oregon, USA My boss recently put me on a PIP stating that I haven’t been meeting productivity standards. Thing is, they mentioned 20-25 billable hours while my contract from s few years a...

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Cat was potentially stolen; followed the crumb trail but have now hit a dead end.

Location: Denver, Colorado. My sister adopted an abandoned 2yo cat about 5-6 years ago. The cat went missing Monday 9/21; and my sister looked all over the neighborhood for the next few days. She’s...

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Who do i speak to!? Where do i go?!?!

Location: Tennessee(Knox county) My car was towed after being hit by a drunk driver last month, and the lot it arrived at suddenly has no recount for what happened to my personal belongings nor the...

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[CO] renters rights- upstairs neighbors dropping cigarette butts and matches on my patio...

... I have been documenting and reporting it to my landlord over weeks. My upstairs neighbor pushes his lit bitts and matches through the slats in the floor of his balcony onto mine. It has burned ...

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Neighbor destroyed our cat house and threw it and a bucket of concrete at us. What can we do?

Location: Philadelphia, PA Title says it for the most part, we have (had) a cat house by the front door of our property powered from a cable to the inside of our house to provide heating and food t...

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Please help-- crippled, elderly dad is being denied ADA accommodation by employer.

Location: Alabama Howdy r/legaladvice. I've got a bit of an issue that I was hoping you can help me navigate. My dad is 70 years old. He only has one of his legs. He has worked at Wal-mart for the ...

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CA- Agreement Breach

Got into a fender bender in a small parking lot. The other party was willing to settle with me and not filing an insurance claim. I made a very reasonable offer which was then countered by an unrea...

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Doctors lost my blood test twice for something that may determine my life expectancy

Location: Eastern US I’m 19, and recently ended up hospitalized due to a very severe kidney infection. Doctors found that I had chronic damage resulting in stage 2 or 3 kidney disease that had been...

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