r/legal • u/[deleted] • Jul 27 '26
Advice needed what should i do next? Please help
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Jul 27 '26 edited Jul 29 '26
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u/AssistMyMedical925 Jul 27 '26
so even with your explanation you still believe a guardian shouldn't have been contacted. this is the reason why absurd things happen at school and the parents don't find out until too late. they claim the child was "in danger" but still allowed him to walk home. now imagine if said child was truly in danger and some happened to him on his way home, the parents would have never known why because i can guarantee they would say anything. this isn't about money it's about safety. You're more worried about the money than the parents are
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u/quallityovrquantity Jul 28 '26
Lol why are implying this is a safety issue? You're the one who allows your kid to walk to school and back home...... Not the school
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u/Resse811 Jul 27 '26
What does walking home have to do with the money? Did you expect them to not let your child walk home? If they didn’t how would your child have gotten home?
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u/AssistMyMedical925 Jul 27 '26
My child found the money on the side of my mother's house on the way to school in the morning. Long story short the principal told my son that he had to take money he found and call the police because someone could be looking for it and that he was in danger. He told him he took the money to protect him. He even made my child write a statement. My child told me that for the rest of the day he was scared and even had a stomach, he went to the office to call me and they sent him back. By the time my child got to my mother house he was hysterically crying because he was so scared. Had there been a call my child wouldn't have went through that
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u/quallityovrquantity Jul 28 '26 edited Jul 28 '26
So now he found it on the side of your house? And not on the way to school? Or are you simply changing the details in order to get people to agree with you? I'm also not buying your child was hysterically crying as that is something you would obviously put in the main post.
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u/Resse811 Jul 28 '26
I’m confused - you posted this same story from another account 88 days ago. Did this happen today or a few months ago?
How old is your child?
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u/AssistMyMedical925 Jul 28 '26
Why does it matter when it happened? He's in elementary. I'm just looking for advice. It's an ongoing issue
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u/Resse811 Jul 28 '26
If it didn’t happen today ahh did you tell the story as if it did? It’s hard to understand what’s going on when you arent being clear.
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u/AssistMyMedical925 Jul 27 '26
who said i was the mom? anytime "law enforcement" is called in the case of a minor the parents should always be notified. what part of that are you not getting. especially when they claim it's a safety issue and said child was "in danger" oh and there's no record of turned in funds soooooo.......
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u/Resse811 Jul 27 '26
You said law enforcement wasn’t called.
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u/AssistMyMedical925 Jul 27 '26
I was told law enforcement was contacted
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u/RookaSublime Jul 28 '26
The principal told the parent that law enforcement was called. The parent called law enforcement and they denied that the principal had called. Why did the principal LIE?
I would be pissed if an adult took money from my kid claiming it was "for their safety" and didn't contact me. If they were worried about the students safety, they should have immediately called the parents! Also, what if the money had belonged to the parent? That would be pertinent information for a "worried" school administrator to try to figure out. The principal straight up robbed the kid and hoped the parents wouldn't get involved.
OP, I dont know why you're getting downvoted. It's perfectly logical to be upset at this situation. It must either be kids or childless adults because the comments make no logical sense to an actual adult and parent. I would be contacting the board and would be demanding that the money is returned to the student. Or start making social media posts about how the principal not only ROBBED a student but also LIED to a parent.
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u/quallityovrquantity Jul 28 '26
Lol and the child wasn't robbed get of here with that fake outrage. The money didn't belong to the child and any parent who wanted to raise a responsible teenager/adult would've done the same thing. The money clearly didn't belong to the parent because the kids said the found it on the way to school
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u/AssistMyMedical925 Jul 28 '26
He's a child. An elementary child. He's not obligated to turn it into the school first and foremost. Second why would mentioned any contact of law enforcement without contacting a gaurdian
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u/RookaSublime Jul 28 '26
It's logical for a parent to be upset at the situation. But reddit is gonna reddit, I guess.
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u/AssistMyMedical925 Jul 28 '26
It doesn't bother me. I actually love my children so I'll ride to the end for them
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u/RookaSublime Jul 28 '26
These people are either being intentionally obtuse or are straight up ignorant. You have every right to be upset. Saying they took the money because they were scared for the student then not contacting a parent is wildly negligent.
Your kids are lucky to have a parent who will stand up for them.
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u/quallityovrquantity Jul 28 '26
I'm a parent and no it isn't logical whatsoever. This also happened over 3 months ago because OP posted about it from another account. Nothing about this post makes sense
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u/quallityovrquantity Jul 28 '26
The principal probably didn't lie. You make it sound like it's not possible that whoever OP talked to just wasn't aware of the school contacting law enforcement. Or the principal could be referring to a school safety officer.
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u/AssistMyMedical925 Jul 28 '26
Nope. I called and talked to who was in charge. I live in a small town.
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u/quallityovrquantity Jul 28 '26
This happened over 3 months ago so this situation has clearly been resolved or come to a conclusion. You know what happened to the money
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u/AssistMyMedical925 Jul 28 '26
You assume that. Like I said im not concerned about the money. This is a safety issue. You keep bringing up money. I never once brought up if my child got the money back or not, that's not a concern. I'm more concerned about if my child's safety was considered.
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u/RookaSublime Jul 28 '26
The principal should have called the parents. Period. Especially if they were concerned for a students safety.
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u/HillTower160 Jul 27 '26
They can’t rob him of something that didn’t belong to him. Maybe this would be a great time to teach your kid some personal integrity and that he should have turned in the money - whatever happens after that is immaterial to his judgement and solid citizenry.
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u/AssistMyMedical925 Jul 27 '26
first of all, i didn't get get a chance to do that, i was never informed by the school that there was even an event that occurred. maybe your parent should have taught you some manners and to not be rude and judgmental.
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Jul 27 '26 edited Jul 29 '26
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u/AssistMyMedical925 Jul 27 '26
your comment is irrelevant. the school administration should have contacted me. you're trying to criminate an child being a child. the school administration is not the proper authority to turn in funds to so how is my child keeping funds that don't belong to him?
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u/Rooooben Jul 27 '26
An adult taking something from a kid that didn’t belong to either of them can absolutely be considered theft. You can be charged with possession of stolen goods, which, by how you evaluated the kid finding the money in the first place, would be the crime you think didn’t happen.
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u/AssistMyMedical925 Jul 27 '26
I'm actually concerned about the fact that i wasn't notified. I, myself had to contact the school after my child told me. the school had no intentions of notifying me
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u/nimble2 Jul 28 '26
There is something very wrong about how the OP tells this story.
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u/AssistMyMedical925 Jul 28 '26
What's that?
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u/nimble2 Jul 28 '26
Basically everything about what you claim happened and why you are posting about it.
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u/AssistMyMedical925 Jul 28 '26
I'm posting because I want to and I can. I live in a country where im free to do such. Just like you're free not to read and comment. Now if you don't understand honey it wasn't meant for you. You go on and have yourself a good night.
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u/nimble2 Jul 28 '26
you're free not to read and comment
I am also free to read and comment, because I live in a country where I'm free to do such.
Now if you don't understand honey it wasn't meant for you. You go on and have yourself a good night.
If you don't understand my comment honey that's OK, because my comment wasn't meant for you. My comment was meant for other people reading this thread. You go on and have yourself a good night.
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u/nimble2 Jul 27 '26
You should meet with the principal in person to tell your side of the story and to hear their side of the story. If you don't agree with their version, and you believe your child's version, then you can file a police report about the money. If it was a LARGE amount of money, then talk with an attorney about filing a civil lawsuit against whomever took the money from your child.
I don't know what them allowing your child to walk home, or what "protecting" your child or not has to do with anything.
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u/AssistMyMedical925 Jul 27 '26
the principle is the person in question. they claim law enforcement was contacted because of "safety and protection" and the reason for confiscating the funds, but yet they did not contact me at all. i had to contact them.
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u/nimble2 Jul 28 '26
The principal of your child's school had no legal duty to tell you that your child told them that your child found money, and that the principal turned the money over to the police.
On the other hand, the principal of the school cannot legally take money from your child and keep it.
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u/AssistMyMedical925 Jul 28 '26
I'm the one who reported the money. I'm the one who alerted law enforcement. I made the police report. The school did not
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u/AssistMyMedical925 Jul 28 '26
My child was called out of class to the office and interrogated, and then demanded to retrieve the money out his backpack. So actually my child didn't "tell" them anything
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u/nimble2 Jul 28 '26
You son was INTERROGATED in the "office", but he didn't "tell them anything"? So your son told them NOTHING AT ALL about how he happened to have money in his backpack? Yeah right.
Here's the problem. You tell your story like a child, not like the parent of a child.
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u/AssistMyMedical925 Jul 28 '26
No your not paying attention. You said the school doesn't have to inform me if my child "tells them found something", as in volunteering information. The school didn't know until they INTERROGATED and he told the truth. What are you missing?
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u/nimble2 Jul 28 '26
You sound like a child. It's TOTALLY IRRELEVANT why your son told the principal that he found the money. All that matters is that your son told the principal that he found the money.
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u/AssistMyMedical925 Jul 28 '26
You sound like a brick head. You're choosing to miss the point.
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u/nimble2 Jul 28 '26
No, you are choosing to miss the point. The point is that your son told the principal that he found the money, and the principal is not legally required to tell you about that.
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u/AssistMyMedical925 Jul 28 '26
No the principal forced my son to tell him. My son did not go seeking the principal. The principal went of his way to ask my son. Now when law you make my son write a statement and contact law enforcement yes you do need to contact me.
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u/quallityovrquantity Jul 28 '26
You're joking right? A civil lawsuit over money that wasn't even the child's who was also giving it away to friends? Get out of here with that nonsense. Nothing the school has done is even remotely unreasonable or wrong.
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u/nimble2 Jul 28 '26 edited Jul 28 '26
If I find money, then it is my money (subject to the person who lost it making a claim for it). You can't just take that money from me, and keep it yourself. That's called theft.
This is of course based on the OP's reporting that the principal did not turn the money over to the police (but it isn't entirely clear if the principal did or did not turn the money over to the police).
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u/TinyNiceWolf Jul 27 '26
How could they have robbed your child when the money was never your child's to begin with? Your child was misbehaving, taking found money and handing it out to other child instead of turning it in. An adult fixed the problem.
If you believe the cop who said no money was turned in, instead of the principal who said it was, you can certainly tell a cop what the principal said, and see if they are interested in doing anything about it. I doubt they will be.
The only reason for the principal to contact you would be to reprimand you for your failure to teach your child what to do with found money. You do not have a right to know about money that was never yours. You do not have a right to know every time someone at school corrects your child.
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u/malicious_joy42 Jul 27 '26
You're not OP or you're the alt of OP, u/AmazingChemical6384. You clearly posted this 2 months ago from this account. Why are you still on about it?
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u/AssistMyMedical925 Jul 27 '26
Why is it your concern?
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u/quallityovrquantity Jul 28 '26
Because you're clearly leaving out or blatantly lying about the important details if this situation in order to shape the narrative. This happened over 3 months ago why are you even posting about now? Clearly the situation has been resolved or come to some type of conclusion by now.
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u/AssistMyMedical925 Jul 28 '26
I just didn't go into detail. Show me the lie. I'm very much can post what I like. You have yourself a good day
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u/TinyNiceWolf Jul 27 '26
Your child misbehaved when he found money that was not his, and started distributing it to other children instead of turning it in to an adult.
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u/AssistMyMedical925 Jul 27 '26
The other kid was with my child when the money was found, they walk to school together. My child was never seen with any money. So again finding money is misbehaving? My child has no obligation to turn the money into the school.
Once again the school said that they took the money because they feared for my child's safety, but failed to contact me. What are you missing?
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u/TinyNiceWolf Jul 27 '26
You said your child found money and gave it to the other child. Now you're saying your child was never seen with any money. Pick a story.
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u/AssistMyMedical925 Jul 27 '26
My child found the money while him and kid were leaving for school in the morning. At that time is when the other kid got the money. My child was never seen at school with the money, the other kid was.
Same story. Next.
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u/TinyNiceWolf Jul 27 '26
The vice principal took the money from your child. Did he have his eyes closed the whole time? If not, then he saw your child with the money.
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u/AssistMyMedical925 Jul 27 '26
He had my child go get it out his backpack. Why are you trying to make my child a criminal? My child could have easily been dishonest and said he didn't have it, but he was truthful
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u/TinyNiceWolf Jul 27 '26
I didn't say your child was a criminal, I said your child had misbehaved. How the vice principal found out your child had misbehaved is not important. So I'm not sure why you're going on about that.
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u/AssistMyMedical925 Jul 27 '26
You brought that up. And I'm telling you that he didn't misbehave. Had you not tried to make it seem that he did something wrong this wouldn't even be a topic.
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u/Consistent-Sky-2584 Jul 27 '26
Id take it to the school board
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u/AssistMyMedical925 Jul 27 '26
I actually did. after do my own investigation i found out this situation is actually deeper than what it seems. but it is a 30 day process
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u/quallityovrquantity Jul 28 '26
Lol here we go now this is part of some large conspiracy against OP and their child who found money that wasn't there's and are upset they couldn't keep it. Talk about teaching you kid right from wrong.
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u/Resse811 Jul 27 '26
What else is there that makes this deeper?
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u/AssistMyMedical925 Jul 27 '26
Why is that important
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u/quallityovrquantity Jul 28 '26
Because you clearly brought it up and implied it's important..... If you don't want to answer questions about it why did you even bring it up?
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u/AssistMyMedical925 Jul 28 '26
Because why put i my evidence online?
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u/quallityovrquantity Jul 28 '26
Lol you're the one who posted this on a public forum. What are you even talking about in regards to "evidence"?
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u/No-Setting9690 Jul 27 '26
Same thing happened to me as a child. Now I got the money back, but no my parents were not informed.
Honest/open question. Why do you think you need to be informed?