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Client refused final payment, stole frontend code, and confessed via email

You said: I’ve been freelancing long enough to know clients can be difficult, but this one genuinely broke new ground for me. Client Location: USA About a year ago, I took on a web project that qui...

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Am I crazy? Or is this a bureaucratic nightmare? Op

Location: Salt Lake City, UT My daughter “J” was born in April 2025. The hospital misspelled my birth first name on her birth certificate: They put Katherine with an “e” At the end. My actual birth...

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Opposing Lawyer Lied in Court

Location: Illinois. I was just ruled against today attempting to get my ex to pay a home improvement loan taken out when we were married. She was awarded the house in the settlement. During my hea...

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Daycare attempting to raise tuition mid-way through school year and asking us to sign new tuition agreements

I am a staff member at a University. The University operates a daycare on campus which my daughter attends and tuition for daycare is directly deducted from my paycheck. At the beginning of each da...

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Criminal Bio-Dad Wants DNA Test for Our Son and Possible Parental Rights

Location: Texas We are in the process of getting a lawyer, but I wanted to get reddit's preliminary opinion since we are currently out of the country on our honeymoon. My wife and I have been toge...

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Outdoor Living Space is "Structurally Unsound"

Location: Tennessee We dropped about $70k on an enclosed patio back in 2020 (structure completed in early 2021). We were told by this company that permits for any of the work are not required beca...

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[FL] Selling inherited property with a relative refusing to vacate (Squatter). Does specific contract language absolve me of liability post-closing?

Location: Tampa, FL I recently inherited a single-family home from my late father. Currently, there is an occupant living in the property (a distant relative who moved in while my father was in ho...

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Im really scared.

Location: New Mexico I (F25) filed a police report regarding my sexual assault. The incident happened back in June of 2025 and the perpetrator was my ex. For context I live in New Mexico and its wh...

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Getting the runaround on employee/employer insurance policies

Location: SC/TN Hello all, I decided to check my MetLife account for the first time in a few years (I pay into a few policies but have never needed them). I noticed I’m missing supplemental Life ($...

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Land lord states sent letter stating they will not fix washer and dryer despite lease.

Location: West Virginia I moved into my apartment in April of last year on a 1 year lease. The only section in the lease agreement that mentions appliances is as follows: The tenant agrees to use ...

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Does Title IX protect expecting moms AND dads or am I crazy?

Location: Georgia, USA, private university receiving federal funds My email to Title IX coordinator: "I am just following up on your availability to speak regarding steps I must take and likely acc...

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Is my car stolen? (AZ/WI)

Location: Arizona/Wisconsin I need some advice over whether or not to report a vehicle registered in my name as stolen. I'm in the process of moving cross-country. My parents offered to help me ou...

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My son overheard his mother's boyfriend talking about "getting rid of me"

Location: Florida My son's mother and I have split custody. Her boyfriend hates me and has said some wild things about me that my son has overheard. This morning, my son called me after leaving the...

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Employer suspended me after making wage claim and now demands in person meeting to discuss employment

Location: Pennsylvania Is it legal to have a meeting when the DOL is investigating? Do I attend the meeting? Do I deny the in person meeting and request all communication regarding my employment be...

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My sister's ex-girlfriend concocted and executed a plan to illegally unhouse her

Location: Houston, Texas Names are made up. Sister (Claire) lives with an ex-girlfriend (Janice). Claire is the only one on the lease, but they have been cohabiting for 4 years. They broke up a yea...

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My mom is saying the county is going to press charges against me for “lying”, is this true and what do I do?

Location: Wisconsin About 2 summers ago my mom kicked me out and then reported me as a runaway and when the cops got me I had told them I was scared to go home because she had thrown me to the floo...

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My landlady is trying to make me pay for something outside of my apartment to be cleaned

Location: San Francisco, CA I have two service animals. When my landlady found out, she wanted me to pay for a cleaning service for my apartment when I moved out since she is allergic to animals. I...

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I was told id get arrested for seeking help.

location: florida so for context, i protected myself from my rapist, he cut himself then framed me for it, getting me arrested. the cops, blamed all signs of the abuse on me because "autistic peop...

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Uber driver wrecked and fled the scene

The title tells most of the story. I am looking for some next steps as I have no idea where to go or what to do. Location: Las Vegas, Nevada. We had just began leaving the airport, and not even a m...

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Should I report my ex-employer for keeping 90% of my tips?

[Location: Asheville, NC] Context: My past employer is a new(ish)family owned business, a healthy grocery store and deli running on the premise of supporting the community and selling local product...

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Guidance in a Domestic Violence Case

This might be long. Please bear with me. Location: Tennessee My older son proposed to his girlfriend on Christmas Day. I wasn’t able to see them for Christmas but I did go visit them for a week fo...

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