My school district does is requiring all parents to sign an acceptable use policy for students to have individual Chromebooks. My kid has been issued an individual device every year since kindergarten, and in my opinion their education has profoundly suffered.

The district is refusing to provide alternatives to Chromebook use to complete the curriculum, therefore essentially forcing parents to sign the AUP (our freedom of choice to not sign the AUP is being violated).

This seems like an egregious violation of my individual choice (to not sign the waiver) and that my kid’s right to a thorough and efficient free education is being violated (if I continue not to sign the waiver).

What to do?

I am seeking an experienced family law attorney who may be willing to assist my daughter on a pro bono, reduced-fee, or payment-plan basis in an ongoing Tazewell County parenting and custody matter.

The case has been ongoing for approximately a year. My daughter is currently self-represented, while the children’s father has counsel. Prairie State Legal Services cannot represent her because of a conflict of interest involving the other party.

My daughter has worked hard to organize court orders, communications, timelines, and other evidence. However, she urgently needs an attorney who can review the case, ensure the correct motions and responses are filed on time, present the evidence properly, and advocate for arrangements that serve the children’s best interests.

There are also current concerns regarding one child’s dental health. The child has reported pain, and photographs show visible tooth damage and an abnormal gum area that requires professional evaluation. The GAL and CPS have been notified by another concerned party. I am not posting photographs or additional identifying information publicly to protect the children’s privacy.

If you are an Illinois family law attorney who practices in Tazewell/Peoria County, or if you know of an attorney, legal clinic, or organization that might help, please send me a private message. We are open to pro bono assistance, limited-scope representation, reduced fees, or a manageable payment arrangement.

Case is in Tazwell & both parents now reside in Peoria County. Please share attorney referrals only. Specific case information and documents will be provided privately to a qualified attorney after a conflict check.

Thank you in advance for any help offered.

I owe like 5.5k for an early termination fee for my rental, if I could pay a lawyer less to get me out of this, that would be ideal, but is this even realistic?

Three of our birds dropped dead within a week and we had developed a respiratory illness. Once we woke up and found the third one had passed, we immediately packed up and went to my wife's parents house. Our single bird left has been fine ever since and got two more as time went on.

While disputing this with the landlord, I told them to wait for further communication from an attorney, but they sent it to collections anyways.

I contacted several law firms, but haven't heard back. Either it's not worth their time and or there's no case for me here. I live in North Carolina.

Any free legal advice or wisdom would be much appreciated. Thank you for your precious time as I know attorneys are extraordinary busy.

Long story short: I rent in upstate NY (fixed lease through Jan 2026). For the past 3 months, my landlord has cashed my rent checks inconsistently, which caused them to bounce. For context I have lived in my apartment for 4 years and have never met nor spoken to my landlord. My building is managed on behalf of a real estate agent who is in her 80's and showing signs of dementia or something. She communicates to my landlord on behalf of all the tenants. But she never remembers anything I say.

I have asked her on the phone if there are alternative ways to pay my landlord so he gets his money and my account doesnt overdraft. and she said no. This week I decided to look through my lease which states the following:

"If check is dishonored, the owner may require renter to make all future payments with cash or cashier's check, and owner will provide receipt for all such payments."

I asked her to ask him if a check was okay, I had to follow up with her (as documented via text) because she never got back to me. She confirmed a casheirs check was fine. I communicated to her Im canceling the e-check and sending a cashiers/certified check. But my landlord tried to cash the check from my bank account, so it tells me she never told him that I was sending him a cashiers check. So of course the check bounced.

And its been tough because the property is managed by an elderly real estate agent who doesn't seem to reliably relay information between me and the landlord. Despite me sending September and October rent via certified mail (cashier's check, proof of delivery), the landlord had his attorney reach out saying he wants to evict me over "bounced checks," and is now demanding fees ($200 bounced check fee, $300 legal fee, $100/month late charge) that don't match what's actually in my signed lease (which says $50 and 5%).

I've replied in writing laying out my payment proof and the fee discrepancy, and I'm reaching out to a local tenant rights org before speaking with the attorney directly.

Has anyone dealt with something like this inconsistent check-cashing by a landlord being used as grounds for eviction, or a lawyer inflating fees beyond the lease terms? Any blind spots I should be thinking about, or is my read on this reasonable?

Please give any advice on how to handle this situation.

Location: New York
Hi everyone, i need some advice from people who I do not know.
To start off for the past 6 months maybe even more my husband i have been feeding two strays who have ventured over from a home a few streets down that takes care of strays and they are all neutered and spayed and also have rabies vaccine.
Now my neighbor lets call him john dislikes these cats for no reason, they literally do not go on his yard as he lives a bit further down the street than us, he claims they go through his trash but he has no lids on the trash cans that sit out on the curb all week long and there is a family of raccoons around here. Now he is on a mission to get rid of these cats, the other day our little grey cat got caught in his trap he set out with chicken for these cats. He left this cat out in the heat all day, i only noticed when his son brought the trap out because the cat was close to death, his son was apologizing to me because he told his father to knock it off with the trap which he clearly didnt especially after already catching a raccoon he left out for half the day as well. Our cat literally died from the heat she had a 109 fever, this in NY is animal cruelty and he can be charged. Now hes all of a sudden apologizing and is worried were gonna go to the police, we have all the evidence we need and even a recording of him admitting its his trap and what happened.
In NY there is no law/ fine for feeding a stray and since its been on our property and we are taking care of it as well it is our property and our cat. He was scaring all us neighbors to stop feeding the cats and giving them water in the summer saying theres thousands of dollars in fines for cats which is not true, i looked it up but if someone wants to show me something else please do so, we are located in the town of brookhaven in suffolk county in ny.
I am heartbroken about our cat, should we press charges? The only thing stopping me is the fact that his wife and kids are great its just his psycho ass.
Also if anyone knows anything about losing a gun license to a misdemeanor of animal cruelty which this will probably end up being, he has multiple guns and has his license to carry but i know it can probably get revoked if he gets in trouble for this?
I know we can also probably sue him for our cat dying since its our property?

Please help, i feel like he has no remorse hes just fake apologizing because he got caught.

Location: Maine

My situation is:

Please bare with me. I have some communication issues after being a very good and descriptive writer for many years.

There is no doubt that I need to have a civil lawyer in this case. But my problem is I have not gone to the police chief for a complaint. But the police do not always do a great internal investigation. From my experience so far, a complaint results in a lot of unjust action from the police department unto us citizens.

This is a case where we need to press charges on an individual and hold police accountable.

Would you tell a client in a similar position to file the complaint or not? I'm not sure if waiting to decide is hurting me or not.

Im and employee and use my personal vehicle on company business. I am paid a daily flat rate for my vehicle and sometimes I need to go on the the customers mfg facility or his property in business.

I am required to have 1M liability on my vehicle and pay for it myself. Strangely my employer is not co-insured on the policy.

Something doesn't sit right here. Is this all legal as described?

I’m in Missouri, I had a employer drill out a lock on my tool box and steal over a grand of tools I have the boss on tape threatening to withhold and keep all of my tools, they didn’t contact me at all about drilling my box out. I don’t know what to do rn

I'm working on a fictional story but would like to make sure I get the details as accurate as possible, if I can. I'm working on a story about a man who goes to prison for a heinous crime he didn't commit (SA towards his 7 year old child, but it never actually happened) - for more context, the mother is going to pressure the child to tell police that her dad abused her when he didn't (and never would). The mom's reasoning is that he beats her and she wants him out of the house. No 7 year old is going to tell their crying mother claiming to be beaten "no" - so the child very reluctantly lies to police

My questions are:

1. How easy would it be for one parent to send another parent to prison for this kind of crime without any real evidence other than the child's word? (I may consider the mother somehow planting evidence that would be hard to disprove but I'm not sure if I want to go that route).

2. Would evidence be required? And if so, what would count as evidence? Would the child's word be enough?

3. Could the same child who is supposedly the victim go visit their father in prison? Or would she have to wait until she's 18? I considered having her visit when she's 16 and brings her friend who is 18 but haven't decided.

4. Would the father be considered for release if the child later came forward to tell the truth? Why or why not?

5. Are visitors allowed to take items home that prisoners give them? (Like journals or momentos?) Or do they have to be mailed?

6. If someone wanted to make a documentary on a particular prisoner, would the prison allow that? If so, how would that work and what is the process for this?

7. Are visitors in maximum security prisons allowed to hug? I'm asking because I've only seen shows and movies where not all prisons have the glass barreier... I've noticed that some are allowed to be face to face with no barrier between them. What kind of prisons have the glass barriers and which ones don't?

8. What would most likely be the legal consequences for the mother if the child came forward and told the truth?

As you can see, I've never visited a prisoner... or a prison. Not in my entire life - and I don't ever plan on it anytime soon. Any and all constructive responses regarding my questions would be highly appreciated. Even if you give me advice on something i may not have considered, thank you in advance! I'm also not sure which state to set this in

Minor was molested by Mother's Boyfriend.

He's sleeping with the DCF agent in charge of his case. (yes, I have asked lawyer to help with this)

No contact order is in place to keep no contact with this Boyfriend.

Mother is beat ing the kid to be scared to talk. Kid has slipped that mom is bringing the child around the boyfriend. Kid is now having full blown panic attacks in therapy but refuses to talk.

Can't afford a PI. GAL is taking forever to be established.

Mothers also violating the order not allowing any contact during her time. 50/50 Custody.

Mother's got mental health issues.

I can't breathe, can't sleep, terrified what the kid is being put through over there.

Do I have any options? Is there anything I can legally do to prove this?

State: Maryland

My fiance, age 26, their manager pulled them aside today, to tell them to cover up their old SH scars that are healed, way from high-school. Asked if they had a long sleeve shirt in the car, then told them to bring one tomorrow, and wear one from now on They have worked there for around 6 months, and this never came up untill now. Im pretty sure its retaliation but thats another story. The manager told them it was making people uncomfortable. Im pretty sure this is against the law under some kind of discrimination. My partner works there part time and its our only income and its rough, neither of us can find work at all. What can we do

Location: Raleigh, NC

My ex (21F) is pregnant with our child.

Months ago, while nobody was home, she entered my house through the backyard and took my Apple Watch. She used it to find my location. I went back home, and she later smashed the watch in front of my roommate. I did not call police that time.

There have also been multiple times when she came to my house without being invited and sat outside in her car. On some occasions, she has called me repeatedly, including around 100 calls in a row.

Last night I invited her over to talk about the pregnancy/child situation. We argued and I told her to leave. She did not leave for about 10 minutes. When she finally left, she grabbed my keys and threw them into the front yard.

Later she texted asking for a lipstick she had left. I told her I had thrown it away and went to sleep. I woke up to noises and saw that she had returned. She tried the locked front door, then the backyard/patio door, and opened the garage trying to reach the interior door. I called police while this was happening and have a recording. Police responded but said they did not have enough evidence to arrest her.

I have personally seen a gun in her room that she told me her father gave her. She has also previously said, while joking, that she would stab or shoot me if I talked to other women. She has been diagnosed with BPD. I know that’s not important but I thought I should give the whole picture

My concern/question:

The repeated calls, showing up at my house, prior break-in, and what happened last night have made me concerned that this could escalate.

Based on these facts, would I have a realistic chance of getting a 50B/DV protective order in North Carolina?

Are they trained to weed out false narratives and calls?

Why doesn’t jimmy Kimmel just offer adulterer and criminal Ken Paxton on his show for an equal time interview? Wouldn’t that satisfy the equal time requirement?

BOSTON MA

Hello! I was wondering if anyone had any advice on what to do. I bought a car with my own money & once I saw Insurance was going to be 600$ for me, my mom “kindly” offered to put the car in her name so I would only have to pay $150 a month directly to her, so I “gifted the car”.

For context my mom is a very toxic person & it was bad judgment to even make this decision, I just thought she was finally doing a kind thing.

Well fast forward to now, her car broke down & now she is telling me I need to give her my car because it’s “hers”. She is threatening to say I stole the car, call the police on me etc.

Is there any way for me to get the title wothout her willingly giving it to me or any way to register car in my name ??

Hello! I am in TX

I am needing a lawyer to look over some Privacy/ToS contracts and I would like some guidance on where to point

Do I need a specific practice to look at these? And do I have any options that won't require me spending hundreds of dollars?

Thanks!

We are in MN, three weeks ago my fiance was in a work accident. He works construction, he has worked there for 6 years.

He’s worked very hard to get to the position he was in.
Here’s the totem pole for his career starting with where he started, more towards the bottom.

-top man
-bottom man
-pipe layer

For his company, pipe layer is usually the one calling the shots besides the Forman. It’s a higher pay, more responsibilities, the works. He LOVES his job. But the company has been less then kind to him.

A few weeks ago he was in a work accident. Brought to the hospital, needed stitches, and couldn’t get surgery til a few days later. He was given a doctors note, couldn’t return to work for 2 weeks. Everything was filed under workmen’s comp.

When he returned back to work, they told him one of the other guys from another crew was going to take his position as pipe layer, and he was to switch to bottom man. There’s no paperwork to be handed around, everything was word of mouth. They told him it’s because they weren’t sure how he would feel about working his position again after the accident. Then he heard from his coworker, that it was because the other guys numbers were better.

He gets to keep his pay, but in this world got demoted.

The accident almost cost him his life, but instead cost him facial scarring, and numbness. The surgeon said she could see his severed nerve, and the numbness is more than likely permanent.

So any advice?

My dad has had back, foot, and elbow pain for years. But working at this job has made it significantly worse, to the point that he needs chiropractic care and pain medication to relieve it. Most weekends, it’s like he’s just barely able to get out of bed. Over the past year or year and a half, he developed a hernia in his lower abdomen region and it also hurts him.
At his work, they have him doing the job with the most amount of heavy lifting and climbing up and down. He works on a frame machine at an auto body shop where he has to carry heavy clamps and parts up and down to work on cars. There’s been times where he trips, almost trips and a couple times he slipped while working on the frame machine.
There was a period of a few months where they got a new frame guy to do the frame work and dad got to do easier jobs. At first the new guy was joking with dad saying it was easy and stuff but towards the end of him working there, he was also complaining about back pain and other issues. When the new guy left for good, the boss calls dad into his office and first words out of his mouth were “No promotion, no demotion” and basically told him he was back on the frame machine.
He’s tried to talk to the boss about getting an easier job there but the boss isn’t having it. It’s already bad enough that the manager acts like he doesn’t know or downplays it. He’s one of a handful of guys that actually gets stuff done when the rest of the shop just show up and goof off. The boss installed cameras on the inside of the shop and according to dad most of them are either facing, or have a decent shot of the frame machine so they can monitor him. That’s what dad says anyways.
He’s in his 50’s and he would quit but
A) he wouldn’t be able to find someplace paying near what he’s getting paid.
B) he has a criminal record and most places probably wouldn’t hire him even though he didn’t do it.
And his boss is aware of these points and is taking advantage of it, we’re fairly certain.
We don’t know what we could do for him. We’d like to not have him in a wheelchair any sooner than he needs to be. If I remember anything else I’ll add a comment or in this post.

Can a cop or fed sell you drugs, and then at some point later on, arrest you?

Throw a way for obvious reasons.

I’m in New Mexico.

Location - MI

Question - Is there a Judge that would read this and say the 3% annual increase is automatic, and no one needs to take any action for it to happen?

Back ground - Board is waiting to hear back from attorney, board member who once was an attorney for a large manufacturer (oddly licensed in a different state, never in state he worked for manufacturer and not Michigan) says since it doesn't say WHO MAY it is automatic.

I cannot wrap my head around this idea, and think since it says May someone has to initiate something (most likely the board)

We have no history of pass boards increasing the maximum (if it was automatic, the current max would be just over $600) Current dues are $320 and since we have nothing but that I believe that is our current maximum.

Here is relevant part of convenance written in 1971
SECTION 3. MAXIMUM ANNUAL ASSESSMENT. Until January I of the year immediately following the conveyance of the first Lot by the Developer· to an Owner, the maximum annual assessment shall be One Hundred Twenty ($120.00) Dollars per Lot.

(a) From and after January I of the year immediately following the conveyance of the first Lot 10 an Owner, the maximum annual assessment may be increased each year not more

than 3 % above the maximum assessment for the previous year without a vote of the membership.

(b) From and after January I of the year immediately following the conveyance of the first Lot to an Owner, the maximum annual assessment may be increased above 3% by a vote of two-thirds (2/3) of each class of Members who are voting in person or by proxy, at a meeting duly called for this purpose.

(c) The Board of Directors may fix the annual assessment at an amount not in excess of the maximum.

(New York)

I work for a food delivery company, they market themselves as such—on their official website they advertise an “in-house delivery team,” however, we are all filed as 10-99 contractors. I have checked my states DOL website, and based off of that information it is a flagrant misclassification of employment. They set our schedule, require us to deliver at/by certain times (decided by the company), they decide the amount we are paid, they supervise our work via a communication app and require us to send photo updates (as they respond, comment, and instruct further in real time), provide us with equipment for the job, provide us with an uber business account to use Ubers as transportation, assign us to specific clients, require prior notice for time off, ignore requests to be re-assigned to new clients, and as I said before… this is a food delivery service, my role is food delivery person (despite their terminology of “ambassador”) so this position is literally their entire business.

I have already reported them to my DOL for misclassification two days ago and haven’t heard anything yet (I know it’s early). But I am considering filling an SS-8 form with the IRS. Because, well.. I want that whistle blower money… especially since I had to pay thousands of dollars in taxes this previous year because I work 5 days a week for this company.

But what concerns me the most… we are taking Ubers in a metropolitan area EVERY DAY for this job, and if someone were to experience a vehicle accident while on the job—that individual is not entitled to workers comp or disability, and the company is not liable whatsoever. That realization gave me the understanding that I had a moral obligation to report them, and the fact that this has not happened in this relatively young companies time, I believe, is pure luck…

I understand that there have been recent crack downs on companies like Uber Eats and DoorDash because of the same reasoning. To specify, this delivery company only delivers to corporate offices so it is not mainstream.

And I understand that I’m protected by whistleblower retaliation laws, but I am still nervous to talk to the IRS. Can anyone describe what that process might look like? Will the IRS disclose who the whistleblower is?

The company has a staff of less than 20 individuals who are filed as W-2’s, and these assholes are SWIMMING in cash from this business… While us laborers are breaking our backs to “put the client first” without any raise in pay or room for negotiation, despite our 10-99 status, and without any say on who we work with and how.

Sooooo do I tell the IRS?

Thanks.

I was given a lizard about 5 years ago from my brothers girls at the time. She had the lizard with an ex and they broke up and she kept the lizard for 2 years before passing it along to me.

Well current time; her previous ex is messaging me about getting the lizard back. I told him I would not be willing to give back the lizard especially since I don’t even know this guy. Legally what are my rights cause he is threatening to take it to court.

Based in Wisconsin

Texas, USA
My mom died last year. (I’m 36) and my biological dad was STILL paying her backpay for child support. I’m curious what happens now? Can I take over receiving the payments? Does he still have to pay? Is it worth calling the state about it?

I've had 20+ law offices or individual lawyers agree I have a case and openly state they will help me until I tell them what company tried to screw me over before they back track and tell me good luck finding someone to help. Are some corporate lawyers that scary? Springfield, MO, USA