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Cowslips Warren posted:My friend, lovely girl that she is, was stupid, met some dude on WoW, decided to date him via WoW, and then they got married (not on WoW for once) and because he's Canadian, she moved to Canada, SK, to be with him. They've been married about five years now and the marriage built on night elves and orcs is not good. She's working full time, is considered a part-citizen because she is married to a full citizen, but the marriage is over in everything but name. She's working full time, he has a job but calls out sick at least once or twice a week. She makes more money than he does, and his parents, who don't like her, have told her if she does leave, that's considered spousal abandonment and she will be deported. I'd want to know what kind of residency she has up here. Is she a permanent resident? If so then she is a resident of Canada and that's that. She should check with the CIC. other sources I see say to consult a lawyer about your particular situation.
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Cowslips Warren posted:My friend, lovely girl that she is, was stupid, met some dude on WoW, decided to date him via WoW, and then they got married (not on WoW for once) and because he's Canadian, she moved to Canada, SK, to be with him. They've been married about five years now and the marriage built on night elves and orcs is not good. She's working full time, is considered a part-citizen because she is married to a full citizen, but the marriage is over in everything but name. She's working full time, he has a job but calls out sick at least once or twice a week. She makes more money than he does, and his parents, who don't like her, have told her if she does leave, that's considered spousal abandonment and she will be deported. Google says that if she's lived with the dude for more than 2 years since getting the visa and married, she is probably fine. She should hire a divorce attorney though and have him consult with an immigration attorney. If she's lived there fore 3+ years as a permanent resident, she should seriously consider applying for citizenship too if she's in for the long haul. If she's a US citizen she won't have to renounce her USC as far as I know (she should talk to the imm attorney about that too). nm fucked around with this message at 00:07 on Mar 31, 2015 |
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Mar 31, 2015 00:04
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Dumb hypothetical... If you see a bungee cord laying on shoulder of the road, is it considered theft if you pull over and take it? What if it is something more valuable, like a lawnmower that fell out of the back of a pickup?
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Mar 31, 2015 00:24
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SkunkDuster posted:Dumb hypothetical... Civil theft, or criminal theft?
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Mar 31, 2015 00:35
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If it's valuable enough that someone might miss it, then yeah it's theft.
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Mar 31, 2015 01:30
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SkunkDuster posted:Dumb hypothetical... In a strange twist just saw an imgur post about a Ben and Jerrys truck that dropped a lot of its ice cream on the street and the op picked some up. I should probably report him to the authorities.
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Mar 31, 2015 01:36
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patentmagus posted:Is she looking for forgiveness? In-laws rarely forgive - ever. What if she dies, though? Do you think they'll forgive her then?
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Mar 31, 2015 01:47
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SkunkDuster posted:Dumb hypothetical... Larceny of lost property posted:One who finds lost property under circumstances which gives him knowledge or means of inquiry as to the true owner, and who appropriates such property to his own use, or to the use of another person who is not entitled thereto, without having first made such effort to find the owner and restore the property to him as the circumstances render reasonable and just, is guilty of larceny. joat mon fucked around with this message at 01:56 on Mar 31, 2015 |
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Mar 31, 2015 01:53
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Thanks joat mon! I kind of figured it was something like that, so that's why I asked about something more valuable. Even if you had no way of knowing who dropped a lawmower out of the back of the truck, a person could reasonably expect that the owner would come back looking for it when they figured out it was missing - I assume that sitting around and waiting would would be the "means of inquiry". How long do you sit there waiting alongside the road waiting to constitute an effort to find the owner? No, I didn't steal/find any free lawnmowers. I just pass by a few abandoned bungee cords every day on the way to work and got to wondering what the legal perspective of me picking them up would be since I would be taking possession of property which does not belong to me.
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Mar 31, 2015 02:09
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I'm not a lawyer but I'd bet no one cares if you pick up all the road kill bungee you can find,
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Mar 31, 2015 02:21
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FrozenVent posted:I'm not a lawyer but I'd bet no one cares if you pick up all the road kill bungee you can find, The Law cares.
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Mar 31, 2015 02:32
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Tonight, we join the Kearney Sheriff's Department as they stake out a pile of bungee cords on the shoulder of Interstate 80 waiting for opportunistic criminals to take the bait on COPS: Nebraksa
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Mar 31, 2015 03:19
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Hot Dog Day #91 posted:I wonder if I can repay my loans with bad internet forums posting. Euphronius would be debt free in a week. poo poo posting is not a crime
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Mar 31, 2015 03:24
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Cowslips Warren posted:My friend, lovely girl that she is, was stupid, met some dude on WoW, decided to date him via WoW, and then they got married (not on WoW for once) and because he's Canadian, she moved to Canada, SK, to be with him. They've been married about five years now and the marriage built on night elves and orcs is not good. She's working full time, is considered a part-citizen because she is married to a full citizen, but the marriage is over in everything but name. She's working full time, he has a job but calls out sick at least once or twice a week. She makes more money than he does, and his parents, who don't like her, have told her if she does leave, that's considered spousal abandonment and she will be deported. Wouldn't it just be easier to just get her character switched to a different realm?
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SkunkDuster posted:Tonight, we join the Kearney Sheriff's Department as they stake out a pile of bungee cords on the shoulder of Interstate 80 waiting for opportunistic criminals to take the bait on COPS: Nebraksa If you were to use the bungees to tie up the cops, that is what is known as "Entrapment"
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Mar 31, 2015 04:00
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Motronic posted:Wouldn't it just be easier to just get her character switched to a different realm? You don't understand; she works full time.
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Mar 31, 2015 13:22
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nm posted:Google says that if she's lived with the dude for more than 2 years since getting the visa and married, she is probably fine. If they've been married for 5 years, she probably doesn't need to meet the "live with him for 2 years" requirement. That was only put in place in 2012, and doesn't apply to her if she applied for immigration before that--even if she got approved afterwards Here's a simple breakdown of the possibilities: http://wiki.clicklaw.bc.ca/index.php/My_husband_sponsored_me_and_we_have_now_separated
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Mar 31, 2015 13:58
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Hot Dog Day #91 posted:You don't understand; she works full time. she's playing the wrong game, anyway. Play dragon age. no need to deal with other people. I mean, yeah, there's multiplayer. but whatever. Cullen is all the man she'll need.
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Mar 31, 2015 19:56
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Skunk, can you update us on bungeeghazi?
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SkunkDuster posted:Tonight, we join the Kearney Sheriff's Department as they stake out a pile of bungee cords on the shoulder of Interstate 80 waiting for opportunistic criminals to take the bait on COPS: Nebraksa Uh they tried this in Omaha. The camera guy was shot to death by our finest. First serious injury in the history of the show.
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Mar 31, 2015 21:40
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Hot Dog Day #91 posted:Skunk, can you update us on bungeeghazi? I passed by a nice 24" one on the way home but it was missing a hook. I doubled back a couple times to see if I could locate the hook and then decided it wasn't worth the risk.
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My friend, a landlord, is being sued for illegal eviction. This is in rent-controlled Berkeley. Unbeknownst to my friend, a tenant took in a roommate who paid rent (to the tenant) for a couple of years before things went bad between them. The tenant ended up throwing all of the roommates belongings out in the street and changing the locks. Complicating matters is that my friend sold the building prior to the roommate being locked out, so the new owners and as well as the real estate agents are also named in the suit. Interestingly, the tenant is not named. The roommate has retained an attorney with the San Francisco Tenants Union. This attorney seems to be fairly well-known in SF circles; I've seen his name in various articles and heard him speak on radio stations. My friend is getting conflicting advice. Some are telling her to hire a local attorney who's familiar with Berkeley rent control and the Alameda County court. Others are recommending an SF attorney who is familiar with the SF Tenants Union and perhaps even the plaintiff's attorney because the case will have little or nothing to do with rent control laws and will be more about negotiating a settlement. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated- thanks.
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I'm having a work related issue and I'd like help in determining what rights I have and action I can take in this situation. edit; I should have known. Thank you stone soup fucked around with this message at 19:59 on Apr 4, 2015 |
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Apr 3, 2015 21:11
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Get a lawyer.
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Apr 3, 2015 21:25
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If I own a business in the state of California that hosts its website using a Polish company with servers in Montreal, does this give me any sort of Polish/EU or Canadian tax liability, either for sales or income taxes? It's a mixed retail/wholesale store.
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Sinestro posted:If I own a business in the state of California that hosts its website using a Polish company with servers in Montreal, does this give me any sort of Polish/EU or Canadian tax liability, either for sales or income taxes? It's a mixed retail/wholesale store. The location of a service provider doesn't effect your tax liability in any situation I've ever heard of. This would be akin to you picking up tax liability in every location google has an office or servers in if you pay them to use google apps for business.
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I am currently being scammed and would like to know if the local Cross Directory can give me the address of a phone number out of state. I live in Delaware and the phone number is from Ohio. I plan to file a claim with the small claims court and need an address from the person scamming me.
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This is so embarrassing, but I have a stupid problem with my driver's license because I am an idiot and I don't know how to fix it. I used to live in Florida. One day in 2011, I got pulled over for an expired registration and got a ticket. This happened the week before I moved to Georgia, so I totally forgot about it and never paid it. I moved to Georgia and got my insurance switched over but not my license or registration. Then I got pulled over for having an expired registration on my Florida plates, with my Florida license, in Georgia. I got a summons but I was seriously ill for a good six months and never showed or followed up on it. This was in 2012. In Georgia you don't need to have a valid driver's license to register a car, so my car is currently tagged and registered, but my license is invalid. I have been able to look up my situation in Florida online. The license is suspended, of course, because of that unpaid 2011 ticket. I have tried to look up the Georgia situation and I can't find any record of the ticket (I have the number) or of my name in the court system. Does anyone have a rough idea of what I'm facing in terms of finances/arrest warrants? Is there a statute of limitations on this? Should I hire a lawyer? Am I ultra screwed? Am I really loving stupid?
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You're stupid. Your stupidity is going to cost you several thousands of dollars. You should start calling court clerks see what all is out there. You'll probably need to get it all cleared before you can apply for a Georgia license. You should not drive again until you have a valid license. Each time you get caught it's going to get worse. Driving with suspended licenses can result in jail time. A lawyer can solve this faster for you, but if you have the money to pay the fines and hire a lawyer that's a really good idea.
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I have an update to my small claims case. We went this morning to the JPs court for our hearing, and the defendant didn't show up. We got a default judgement against her, which I think will be hard to collect on but at least we won. Not nearly as interesting as being in Judge Judy, but that fell through anyways. The producers couldn't ever get the defendant to answer her phone or call them back about appearing on the show.
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Apr 7, 2015 16:58
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The Mandingo posted:Not nearly as interesting as being in Judge Judy Lmao
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So my wife and I renovated our house and we used a company to do custom built-ins and our kitchen cabinets about a year ago. The guy/company took forever to finish the stuff and the end product is a bit rough. Cabinet doors do not line up perfectly (some off as much as half an inch which, when writing sound small but in person looks terrible) seams where wood comes together are quite noticeable and overall the build quality is just bad. Some things are falling apart, door pieces are coming off (like inside the drawers), etc. Anyways, we had him come fix one of the more egregious door issues where the top cabinet door closed and then the cabinet directly below that closed but the two closing points were about an inch apart from each other (so it does not create a straight line going down). Anyways, we paid him about 90% of his bill and then wrote him an email that we will not be paying the rest of it until the list of our issues are fixed (which is easily two word doc pages long and would take him likely rebuilding a lot of the product and costing him waaaay more than the 10%) or two we do not pay him the balance and go our separate ways and we just pay someone else to rebuild our cabinets in the future. He has replied that he has never had this issue except with one of my wife's clients (she is an interior designer) and says that he will be filing a lien against us to make us pay the balance. What should I do going forward and what in general is the potential outcome here? I tried googling poor craftsmanship lawsuits but didn't find anything quite similar enough to compare it to. e: had our contractor over here as well and he said "don't pay the full balance this work is poo poo" dongsweep fucked around with this message at 21:29 on Apr 10, 2015 |
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Apr 10, 2015 21:26
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States that have a Mechanic's/Materialman's Lien statute make it much easier for the contractor to collect than it does for the homeowner not to pay.
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A couple other items, we had a contract that was executed before work started that stated work needs to be up to a certain standard and be on par with other carpenter's work. We had two carpenters came over and they both said the work was sub par. Additionally, we do not own the unit as we are in a co-op structure. We talked to some lawyer friends (sadly out of state) and they think we should write him back that per the contract we feel we have over paid and if you would like to continue with the lien then we will be filing a lawsuit for breach of contract, etc. \/ It is about $3,000. dongsweep fucked around with this message at 22:16 on Apr 10, 2015 |
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Apr 10, 2015 22:01
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IANAL but I think you should consider whether the 10% you trying to withhold is more than what you might expect to face in litigation costs/lost time/stress from dealing with this poo poo.
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I do lots of mechanics lien work from the owner side. If he liens your house you will need a lawyer, and in most jurisdictions he would have a right to that lien. The only way to resolve your grievances with his work will be in a legal proceeding. Weigh whether that 10% retainage you're holding is worth the legal fees, time, and frustration. Edit: dongsweep posted:We talked to some lawyer friends (sadly out of state) and they think we should write him back that per the contract we feel we have over paid and if you would like to continue with the lien then we will be filing a lawsuit for breach of contract, etc. You should probably pay the guy and move on. What state are you in? He may be outside the window for filing a lien. the milk machine fucked around with this message at 22:23 on Apr 10, 2015 |
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We are in Illinois. We don't have a house, it is a multi-unit co-op and the property is currently in my father's name as I am renting it from him until the balance is paid in full (we couldn't find an attractive mortgage rate for a coop, almost no one underwrites those loans). I would assume if he files a lien it would be filed incorrectly, for one it would be in my name not the owner's and two it wouldn't be filed against the coop as I doubt he is aware of the building's structure. I was reading about liens on coops in NY (since they have so many more coops) and it sounds like if the lien is filed incorrectly then it is invalid.
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Yeah, but you should probably pay the 300; file a small claims suit to recover. Better off just eating the 300 and reviewing him negatively.
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Hot Dog Day #91 posted:Yeah, but you should probably pay the 300; file a small claims suit to recover. Do you mean $3000? Does changing the number to $3000 change your opinion?
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