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Weird text from friend asking me to deposit a check for them

Location: Texas An old friend messaged me out of nowhere and she wants me to deposit a check for her and venmo her because her bank isnt accepting it. I was initially fine and told her I would. But...

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Divorce After 3 Months - Alimony?

Location: Northern California Me and my now ex got married in December because we had already planned to get married in the next year and they aged out of their parents health care, so we got marr...

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State trooper tailgated by about 5 feet me with brights on for two minutes before pulling me over for crossing the fog line

Location: Louisiana I turned left at a light, and took note of a state trooper giving someone a ticket on the corner at the dollar general. I proceeded within the speed limit for the next 1.5 miles...

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Landlord harassment options?

Location: Oklahoma My office landlord is trying to evict me without cause. I'm in a lease and my rent is way below market value. I'm in a single party recording state and I have a recording of them...

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The murder of my nephew

Location: Lakewood, Washington my sister and her boyfriend got arrested for the murder of their 2 month old son. Her boyfriend admitted to shaking him and its this whole thing. My family has been ...

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Advice on evicting girlfriend and her family.

Location: Washington State. I’m working on ending an 8 year relationship with my girlfriend whom we share a 4 year old daughter with. Long story short our relationship has decayed over the past few...

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Pressured by attorney to drop OoP

Location: Tennessee Just like it says, at the initial hearing for my Order of Protection, his defense attorney told me that the CPS case hadn't substantiated abuse (true, we left before it escalate...

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I am a volunteer board member of a small non-profit and developed some relevant software that I want to test with the non-profit and eventually spin off. What are the IP rules here?

Location: Maryland, USA For some context, my day job is as an engineer, and in my free time I volunteer as a board member of a local conservation group. In order to address a need I saw in our orga...

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California Unclaimed Property – County Approved Funds but Client Hesitant to Deposit

I recently handled an "unclaimed property claim" (service payments) with a County in California for a doctor’s office and wanted to get some insight from others who have dealt with similar situatio...

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Stray dog bite

Location: Alabama. I live out in the country where people dump dogs and there are packs of feral dogs. There is no animal control and no animal shelters in my county. There is a stray dog that some...

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Girlfriend is cheating on me; what can I do about the apartment?

Just found out my girlfriend of 6 years has been cheating on me with several other guys. She doesn’t know I know. Currently, I live in a 2-bedroom with just me and her. Both she and I are on the le...

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Found information in old texts from friend who passed away 4 years ago — is it too late to do anything?

Location: San Francisco, CA, USA. Okay, so, a really close friend of mine passed away 4 years ago on March 23rd, 2022. A "mutual friend" (someone I had met like only twice previously but I had alwa...

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Am I legally allowed to take my devices that my parents have gifted me, with me when I move out at 18? + If you can give me any advice about the stuff under more context

Location: California Age: 17 School: High School Senior Work: None but job secured. I am not on great terms with my family and am in the process of getting ready to move out at 18. I want to know i...

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Landlord entered my apartment twice without notice while I was at work. No emergency. What are my options?

Location: Washington State This happened twice in the last three weeks. The first time i came home and noticed things had been moved slightly in my kitchen and a window i always keep closed was ope...

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Storage unit full of mold - who disposes of the items?

Location: South Carolina, USA Hi, I’ve been renting a climate controlled storage unit for almost a year now and when I last went to check on my items, I discovered that everything was covered in mo...

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Ex threatening mediation

Location: Kansas City Missouri Good morning folks, I’m just hoping for a third party opinion I suppose…Child is two My ex and I have been separated since February of last year and we share one chi...

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$500 invoice from the fire dept for an accident I was not involved in

Location: Riverside county, California. Some background; In 2024 I bought and owned a motorcycle for a few months, a CBR, with the acknowledgement that it had a history of being stolen and then re...

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Dealership Negligence - What can I do?

Location: Massachusetts Hello, I am hoping someone can guide me in the right direction since this is all so foreign to me. Background: I bought a vehicle last year on 2/12/2025 where I had origin...

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Teacher posting child on social media without guardian permission--and putting the child in danger. What can we ask the school to do about this?

Location: NH, USA. I'm not quite sure what the best subreddit for this is, and if this isn't the right place, please let me know! Using a throwaway account because I'm overprotective of privacy wit...

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I have 50/50 custody with ex. He’s recently brought up moving to another state. Need advice…

My ex (m33) and I (f33) have 50/50 custody of our kids (m12 & f8). A bit of background…. We live in Tennessee. We’ve been divorced since 2019 and are both remarried. We co-parent relatively wel...

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Optometrist Would Not Provide My Prescription: Isn’t This Illegal?

Location: Milwaukee WI I had an eye exam on March 21, paid out of pocket. After the exam, staff said they were having “technical difficulties” with my prescription and told me to browse frames whi...

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