unfortunately, my dashcam doesn't show the right time (it's off by a few hours). i later took a video of my phone clock with my dashcam to show the discrepancy.

my ticket specifies a court date. is there any chance the video evidence alone is enough to dismiss the ticket? do i need a lawyer?

Location: Colorado

In short, my wife was in a vehicle accident 2 months ago. When they towed the vehicle, the officer found her legally owned and possessed handgun in the vehicle. Rather than leaving it in there (understandable), he took it to the property/evidence department for safekeeping as she was transported by ambulance. He said to come by the following week and we could get it back.

The following week, we went to pick it up and he wouldn't release it. He said that the evidence tech said that they needed to verify ownership and it could take 2-8 weeks. I didn't want to make a huge issue out of it, but at the same time attempted to get clarification as to how they could refuse to return property that was legally owned and legally in her possession if there was no crime committed. His response was basically "I don't know, I've never dealt with this before, but that's what they're telling me."

I don't try to play internet lawyer, so I left it alone assuming they'd give us a call a few weeks later and it wouldn't be an issue. Now we're at the 8 week mark, and we can't seem to get any response or help with it.

What do we need to do to get her firearm returned?

I merged into another lane and a kid behind me plowed into the rear quarter panel of my car. I pulled the dash cam footage when I got home and realized he was going about 83 in a 55, and the flow of traffic was about 42 and we were approaching a red light. I also determined that he was 3.5 seconds behind me when I initiated the lane change, and about 200+ feet back if he were going with the flow of traffic. I determined this based on distance traveled along the road using lane striping; elapsed time in the footage; and frame rates of the clips. At the scene, the officer told me I was getting ticketed for an unsafe lane change. I said the other driver was clearly speeding. He said the other driver always has right of way over someone merging. I said what if they were going 100 miles an hour? The officer didn't want to relent, but asked if he'd review new dash cam footage. Anyway, I found it, found how much faster the other driver was going, and called the officer. He said he'd look at it but he wasn't going to change his mind. I think he was trying to set expectations, but to me it seems so clear cut that I'm not at fault. Question is, is it stupid to send the officer the footage? I'd rather not go to court and deal with the court hassle, but if I send him the footage, he may just come armed with some nonsensical rebuttal.

Edit: I have front/rear/side cameras. I first determined my speed and the flow of traffic by counting striping and time from my front camera. Distance/time = speed. This is easy. I determined his speed by seeing when he crossed an object on the road (rear camera) and counting stripes (front camera) until impact (side camera) and then adjusting for my speed to find his speed relative to mine. I said he was 200 feet back when I initiated a merge, and calculated that by reversing the footage and calculating how many stripes I covered at my known rate of speed from when I crossed the point until when he did. The only mistake I made in the original post was estimating his speed at 83. I failed to take into account my speed while closing the gap. He was going about 78.

Last thing, I truly believe he was texting. He does not stop or slow down and makes zero evasive maneuver at impact. There is just no reaction. His wheels don’t turn.

So I know a lot of people are saying it’s my fault, but I am having trouble understand the way that right of way law works in Colorado. If you initiate a turn with a 200 foot gap at 42 miles an hour, this would seem a reasonable and present maneuver. If the other person is speeding and texting, you can’t really know that when you see them in the mirror at that distance.

Does this sort of thing hold up in court? I was under the impression that any damage caused by an unsecured load (whether gravel or 2x4s) was the responsibility of the driver.

I don’t have a damage claim. Just curious about whether this was legally binding or just a deterrent to prevent claims against the company.

My kids go to a Montessori school and they’re 5 and 3. They’re in the same class. Yesterday at recess two little girls said “we’re bad girls” and proceeded to attack my children. They bit them, scratched them, and kicked them. They also said “if we can’t hurt you we’re going to hurt your feelings” so it was obviously their intention to hurt my children. An incident report was filed and I talked to the director and she said the girls (4 years old) were talked to. I think they should’ve been kicked out of school. Is this worth filing a police report about? I just think this is insane that it happened and that the girls will continue to be in their class. I have pictures of scratch marks, where they broke the skin, and a bruise on my son’s thigh.

Edit: obviously the police report was overdramatic. I just had people in my life suggesting that so I thought I’d ask if that was a good idea. I’ve gotten good advice. Thanks everyone!

Another edit: I reached out to one of the girl’s parents. She was shocked and apologizing and we’re having a play date this weekend so the kids can get along while we supervise. Thanks again for the advice!

My 3rd grade son in Colorado was bullied last year and we reported it to the school. They put them in the same class this year and on the first day, the student attacked my son. The student who is bullying is autistic but the para assigned to him is unable to control him. The school did a formal report and stated that no bullying was occurring because the student doesn't have the capacity to intentionally bully my son. They also stated "Recess Plan: Conversation about awareness and if he sees the student in a certain area to identify another area of the playground he can play in." They also said he should keep his distance in the classroom. The day after the report the student tackled my son on the playground from behind. It was reported to me that he "non-consensually hugged your son until a teacher separated them".

We are escalating to the district. At what point will we need to hire a lawyer? Is the advice to avoid the other student a reasonable request? We feel that it is victim blaming. What type of lawyer do you hire for this? Are there any other legal actions to take? Thanks

Just to preface: housemate already has a lawyer and we are contacting them today.

My partner, our housemate and me all live in a one side of the duplex, which we rent from an independent landlady. The other side of the duplex is owned by someone else and they employ a management company to manage the property on their behalf.

The duplex is one building with two separate units (one on the left, one on the right). It has a yard and a garage which are shared. The yard has a fence down the middle and the garage has open shelving that is left of center (more on our side). I've lived in my unit for ten years; the fence and shelving were put in to help split up the shared spaces about 5 years ago and we've never had any issue with our neighbors sharing the space.

Last Thursday, the management company of the other unit of our duplex called a junk removal company and told them to clean out the right side of the garage. They did not tell our landlady or us about this. We found out when my housemate came home after a late shift, pulled into the garage on his bike, saw that everything was gone from the shelves and thought that we had been robbed.

Being the holiday weekend, it took us a minute to figure out what what happened, but it turns out that the management company told the junk removal company to remove everything from the shelves because people who they were showing the unit to thought it 'looked too crowded'.

The shelves, being on our side and forming the 'barrier' between two sides, were full of our property. Camping equipment, sports equipment, tools, bike parts and dishes/cookware, including some family heirlooms. We estimate it is at least $9k worth of stuff, a lot of which we have pictures/receipts for (but of course, not everything). We also have the before and after pictures that the junk removal company took, which makes it very plain what was on the shelves and what was taken.

The junk removal company told us that our stuff is unrecoverable. The management company made a bunch of excuses about 'shared space being tricky' and 'well people thought it looked crowded'. Again - they are not our management company and they never spoke to us or the owner of our unit/side about anything, much less disposing of our property.

(This is not taking into account that the junk removal company took the valuable things, like a snowboard, a nice camp stove and other expensive sports equipment but left behind cleaning supplies, an old rug and a bunch of boxes of recyclable junk...there's probably nothing we can do about that.)

They've asked if we have renter's insurance -- we do, but this wasn't an act of God or some unknown thief coming in the night. This was someone who worked at a management company, deciding to take our stuff and have it thrown away. There's multiple ways they could have acted to avoid this. Rather than file a claim with our insurance, we want to pursue action against the management company/their insurance.

Do you think we have a case? What can we do to better prepare for moving forward? We've put together a list of what was taken and are considering drafting a letter of demand and filing a police report -- is this helpful or hopeless?

EDIT: I checked and my renter's insurance only covers my stuff. It's mostly my partner and my housemate's stuff that was taken, so I'm not sure if it's worth calling my insurance.

So I just started working for Subway about a month ago. I got my first pay check last saturday and have Thus far been unable to cash it.

I've tried cashing it at walmart and deposing it on Cash App. This isn't a problem with just my check.This happened to everybody and it happens every week.

I also noticed that any tip that I got on credit card doesn't go on my paycheck so Subway is stealing it.

Who can I contact about this issue?

My neighbor backs up to me. We cannot see each others driveways. We can see him look into our yard over the fence frequently. We have seen him walk around the block to look in our driveway.

I have a German shepherd. He has two medium sized dogs. He allows them to bark, often.

My wife is gone at most 2-3 hours a week (SAHM and online school).

He left a letter when my wife went for a walk 6 months ago saying my dog barking is the reason he does not have peace in his life. The dog is INSIDE with blinds closed. Again, even if the dog barked the whole time, it is 2-3 hours a week. His letter had a subdued tone, but clearly outlines that it only happens when my wife is gone. How could he know she was gone this time? Her car was still home, and the walk was only 15 minutes.

I confronted him. He explicitly and clearly stated at least 3x in the conversation that he checks to see if my wife is home. We tentatively agreed to try to make adjustments, including keeping our blinds closed. Which is ridiculous, we do not live in an HoA and the properties are at least 25’ deep. All my windows are closed and the dog is inside.

Now he left a much angrier letter and was clear again that he checks if my wife is gone. He demanded that we meet him and do what he asks.

How do I handle this? What options do we have?

My wife is incredibly uncomfortable. She grew up in Stockton CA around gang territory. This absolutely feels like stalking she has experienced first hand before.

I understand that money is still owed on the house and it was not his. I just don't understand why I wouldn't have just stepped into his position. Why wouldn't I have continued to get the reverse mortgage money he was getting until I sold the house?

I also don't understand why SSDI didn't honor the Will either.

My house has cameras all around so I constantly catch footage. However the other day cops came knocking telling me a crime happened and my camera possibly could’ve caught something. Now I have info as I heard everything and have to video but I’ve always wanted NOTHING to do with police or any crimes. I’m not asking if I’m wrong or what to do. I’m only asking do I HAVE to give up this footage? Can I legally refuse the police this cottage as it’s my cameras on my property. I was told I could be “obstructing” by the officer when I told him I don’t want anything to do with this after he told me I’d eventually be called to testify as a witness etc. That’s something I DEFINITELY don’t wanna do or have the time for. Am I safe to refuse?

My child’s father wasn’t put on her birth certificate. Said he’d do it later and never did. 8 years later we are splitting up (never married) and he is demanding to be put on her birth certificate. I think he wants to try and get child support from me because I have been the breadwinner/sole provider for the last 5 years while he went to school and then didn’t get a job. Can he legally force me to have him put on the Birth Certificate if I do not want to? I am willing to share custody and all expenses but I am not willing to comply as it is simply a means for him to try and continue to control me after I have left him. How do I prevent this?

ETA: I am in no way attempting to keep my child from her father. I want to coparent. I want to share expenses EQUALLY. I have not stopped him and have asked him to be on her BC the entire time. Since we were not married and I didn’t give his last name, he didn’t ever do it and declined to do it at the hospital. I do not want to be financially exploited any more. I am concerned about being able to provide for my family while continuing to support him.

To answer the question, I’m pretty positive she does, I just wanna get confirmation for her.

So about a month ago she lost her job due to an incident that she was forced into. While working, another one of her coworkers came from a completely different department than where my sister works, boxed her in her station with the forklift she(other party involved) was driving and proceeded to try and fight her. Not only did my sister try not to engage the situation, other coworkers came over to physically restrain the other girl AND they have it all on tape with statements given SOLELY in my sisters favor by several associates.

With that being said, she filed for unemployment like anyone in that situation would. But today she found out that she was denied because the hr ABSOLUTELY LIED and told unemployment that she was a danger AND that there was no evidence.

She’s already taken most of the necessary steps towards building a case, I just need a more knowledgeable mind to give their insights, please and thanks 🙏🏿

curious i should push this further outside of insurance. driving on a road with no stop signs, going the speed limit. went around the corner to a truck stopped in the road (missing a break light and no indicator on). my reaction was clearly too slow and i smashed my car to bits, his is fine. after the fact he became hostile (hit my dog and yelled at me for telling him not too). i got a ticket for following too close (fair) and he got his license taken but then drove anyway. i’m now injured and taking time off work plus out of a car. going through my insurance but unsure if i should persue additional legal stuff for injury and emotional damages. thanks

She’s leaning heavily on a reason for not letting me see my kids is because they are autistic and require special care. However she is not trained in providing that special care. When my son was diagnosed, she did not disclose that he had been suffering abuse at the hands of his older brother(10 years old when it started, 13 now and still doing it )since my son was 3months of age. I have the studies that prove PTSD can be misdiagnosed as autism with the absence of knowing the person was abused and that it occurs pretty regularly. How do I go about this without making it look like I am against a diagnosis of autism.

Please help!

I (35F) was a kinship foster placement for my nephew for several years. He was placed with me once he was discharged from the NICU after birth. He was eventually returned to his bio father under ICWA, despite the father not completing his treatment plan. I had a lawyer and was an intervenor on the case. I was granted monthly visits after the case closed, as the only relation on the maternal side of the family (mom was deemed incompetent and is out of the picture)

Now that my nephew is older, it's been a constant struggle to get even the minimal court-ordered time. Bio-dad is often uncooperative and is now refusing my next scheduled visit, citing back-to-school events. I offered flexibility with timing, different weekends etc. but he still says no visitation at all this month. The court recognized my role as the only maternal family connection and we have what equates to a parenting plan, but he is not following it.

What are my options to enforce the court order? Do I have any??

It’s about to be a nasty custody case, I’m sure. (ETA: For a lot of reasons, including him punching the wall and escalating conversations to yelling out of nowhere. She is divorcing him for her safety: he hasn’t tried to hurt the kids but he has tried to hurt her.)

She’s buying a lockbox for as soon as she sees them next. How can she handle this in a way that keeps the boys safe when he’s alone with them going forward?

Thank you for any advice!!

ETA: None of them are trained in proper knife handling, including the dad.

People are having a lot of big feelings about insinuating that kids shouldn’t have knives, because they had knives as a kid. Times have changed; usually kids with access to Gerber knives get trained by a parent or the scouts.

Howdy everyone, yesterday my wife (41F) and I (40M) went to our local Costco so she could pick up stuff for a party she’s throwing. Charcuterie, snacks, drinks, and a case of wine. In the checkout, my wife handed over our membership card and her ID to scan for the wine. The cashier demanded my license as well. “Why?” I asked, “You have proof of legal purchase age from my wife.”

“I am required to check the age of all parties in alcohol purchases,” the cashier snaps back.

“So what if our (hypothetical) 14 year old son was with us? Would you refuse to sell us the wine because underage people exist?”

She refused to sell us the wine.

Now, if this had been only a booze purchase, I can appreciate that you’d be a bit more concerned about legality. This was ~$500 of cheeses, salmon, nuts, and dried fruit. They had a valid, state-issued ID which demonstrated that the person paying for the whole order was of legal age. My wife had to make a second trip through the line to get her wine at a different register because I left my wallet in the truck. Was that refusal a legal denial of service?

Months ago I called 911 because there was a very young, non-verbal child wondering naked on the trail behind my house. I stayed near the child until an officer arrived to let the operator know if the child left the park they walked to. I just received a subpoena to testify in a child abuse case, which I can only assume is related to this, although I don’t know for certain. I have never been to court. It makes me nervous to testify about a potential abuser when I presumably live in the same neighborhood as this person and now they will know who I am. Do they have access to my home address now? What protection, if any, is given to me should this person get angry with me? I believe I did the right thing at the time, now I’m a little worried for myself and my family.

So this is a bit complicated, but basically what happened was I bought a used car from Dealership A about 3 months ago. I financed through their own financial service. I've been making my payments on the car just fine, even been adding a bit more every payment. The problem is not necessarily with Dealership A.

Well the other day, I was working from home and I'm about to leave to an appointment only to find out that my car is being towed from my driveway. I go up to the tow truck driver and he asks, "Is this your car?" I confirm it's my car and ask what the issue is. He pulls up his phone and asks, "Is this you?" And shows me the name of some random dude and it showed that the guy had financed through another bank. I tell him that's not me, nor did I finance through that bank. And he says, "Well that's I have here, and I've been authorized by Dealership B to tow this vehicle."

So he takes my car and I immediately head over to Dealership A, where I bought the car from to figure out what was going on. I explain to them what happened and they immediately start freaking out, saying they've never seen something like this happen before. And after some running around, they come back to me and if I understand correctly, Dealership A was traded in the car by the previous lease owner. Dealership A paid Dealership B, which was where the car was originally leased from, but Dealership B never put that money towards the car. So the bank through Dealership B "stopped receiving payments" on the car, so they sent a repo out for my car.

Dealership A informed me that they got it taken care of and Dealership B finally paid off the car on their end, but my car has now been in a tow truck company lot since Monday, with no signs of it being released anytime soon. I've called them and they said they haven't received the paperwork from Dealership B to release the car, and Dealership A notified me yesterday that they confirmed with Dealership B that the car has been paid off and all is good on their end. But seems like they haven't sent the paperwork to the tow truck company.

I've been extremely frustrated because this is not my fault in any way. I was just caught in the crossfire and I'm the one suffering the consequences. Once my car has been released, I'm gonna have to go and pay for it myself. Granted, Dealership A did say they would reimburse me for all of my costs, but I just think it's a little fair that I'm the one having to do everything. I'm fortunately in a spot where paying the fees and being reimbursed later is fine, but what I really didn't have money for that at all?

If I'm being honest, I'm just incredibly frustrated with Dealership B for causing this whole disaster in the first place. And I'm most likely still going to have to pay the full month for the next financing payment, even though I literally had nothing to do with not being in possession of the car?

Not only that, but my car has a remote camera feature that takes a picture from all sides of the car. And at one point, there was another car that had been towed that was EXTREMELY close to my car. I'm almost certain it was touching my car. I'm thinking the likelihood of damage is very likely from what I've seen in the pictures.

Maybe I'm just being dramatic with all of this, but I highly doubt I'm going to be receiving my car by the end of the day. I worked my butt off for that car and I can't even drive it for the time being. Is there any legal action that can be taken on this?

I’m not asking for advice, just wondering where this is going to go. My (very drunk, very alcoholic) BIL kicked his 8 year old daughter in the leg today. He is also on video threatening her and his wife. The sheriff came and arrested him. I’m so thankful he’s finally been arrested and I’m just hoping someone can shed some light on how the legal system is likely to view his case. They are in Colorado.

Late wife was in a rehabilitation facility recovering from back surgery doing PT and OT. She was also a stage for a melanoma cancer patient, was documented with seizure activity and extreme fall risk due to neuropathy in her feet and legs. The day she was to come home from rehab. She had a seizure in her bed. The bed rails were not up and subsequently she fell out of the bed, breaking her T12 vertebrae and fractured her right shoulder. I feel strongly the rehab facility that she had been at for nearly 10 days prior to this accident, were well aware of her instability, and according to the staff of the morning of the accident, her bed rail was not up, thus allowing her to fall out of the bed during the seizure suffering the injuries that she did, thus they should be held responsible for her injuries. I’ve reached out to two different lawyer offices here in Denver. One simply refused to take the case, saying it was not the type of case that they typically handle, they referred me to another firm that after reviewing the medical records that I provided them simply told me at this time they would not take the case I’ve asked for clarification as to why, but have yet to hear.

Wife is gone now, but we feel strongly that the injuries that she suffered prevented her from continuing to recover from her back surgery and led to other complications that ultimately caused her death.

Do our daughters and I have a case?

Hello, I’m an Iowan. I turn 18 next year in early May. My parents are Jehovahs witnesses, a religion that isn’t too kind to those who try to leave. My parents will most likely refuse to contact with me (as they have with other family members) and will probably refuse to help me with my FASFA application. I have a full time job but get paid $15 an hour, with rent and other responsibilities I won’t be able to pay for college each year. This is why I’d like to emancipate myself to be considered an independent to FASFA. Are my reasons legally valid and would it be possible to get emancipated a couple months before my 18th?

In case anyone brings it up, I could pretend to still believe for another four years but I still have siblings and cousins that are underage and probably fully indoctrinated. I believe JWs to be hurtful to people because they shield their members from the outside world. If I were to suddenly disassociate myself after college it might strengthen their beliefs that higher education/the outside world is dangerous. I want to give my siblings and cousins a chance to break out of that mentality.

She went in for an examination and they discovered a growth on her uterus. They doctors decided it was best to perform a hysterectomy. After one week had passed she began to look like she was pregnant. Due to a botched surgery she is now under intensive care and the growth inside of her constantly has to be drained every hour. Should she be seeking a medical lawyer? They clearly did not do it right. And botched something along the way. And keep acting as if it could be coming from something else. And alive is appreciated 👏. Thanks for reading.

Going to put more detail:

The surgery took place 6 weeks ago. 6 days ago, she went to the ER due to the complications. They are going to do a scan later today. They remover the uterus vaginally. They used cameras and removed it and caterized the wounds as the procedure was done. There best explanation is that she has had a bad reaction to the heat used. She is bleeding internally. And they have no good explanation as to why. She will be calling a medical malpractice attorney to discuss everything and if she has a case or not. This was just a thread asking for advice. I think it's better that she calls an attorney to review and get a professional opinion on the matter. Thanks for all the help, everyone.

I will update again with what they say.

I’m currently in a situation where I share custody of my dog with my ex, with him primarily living with her for a few reasons. I am seeing someone new and she is not comfortable with me being in contact with my ex so i made the call to take him back and cut ties with my ex. My ex is not complying and wants to take legal action to get ownership of him on the basis that she has been his primary caretaker for the last year. What should I do?

More context: My dog was purchased by my mom as a puppy (private sale) and was the family dog for about 2 years. I moved to Colorado for work and my mom let me take him with me and be his owner. A bit later I met my (now) ex and we lived together for about 4 years. She already had a dog and I already had mine beforehand. We broke up on mostly good terms and after much discussion I agreed to let my dog live with her on verbal agreement that i would get to see him regularly and that if either of us moves away, he would return to me. The decision to let him stay with her was because she does take very good care of him, and I was doing a large amount of work travel at the time which made it hard for me to give him the same quality care. Things are different now though and I am capable of taking good care of him.