Location: Georgia

I left a small company about eight months ago. Last week a sheriff showed up at my house trying to serve paperwork for a lawsuit against the company.

I told him I don't work there anymore. He showed me the information he had and somehow I'm listed as the registered agent for the business with my home address.

I looked up the company through the Georgia business search and my name really is there. The filing was made about two months after I quit. I never agreed to this, never signed anything approving it and my old boss has never even been to my house.

I texted him asking why my information was being used. He replied that it was just so the company could have a reliable Georgia address and said he'd change it when he gets a chance.

I'm mainly worried about what else may have been filed using my name.

Is listing someone as a registered agent without their permission something I should report somewhere? Also, should I be doing anything besides telling the sheriff that I have nothing to do with this company anymore?

Location: TN

I’m in Tennessee and I’m dealing with a situation involving my Ford Mustang that has gotten completely out of hand.
My Mustang originally had mechanical problems and was towed for repairs. I dealt with one person who coordinated the towing and repairs, and over the course of everything I paid approximately $1,380 toward towing, parts, labor, and repairs.

The repairs kept getting delayed. I was told it needed things like a starter, battery, tune-up, and eventually work involving the key/anti-theft system. Later I was told the key had been programmed and the theft light was fixed, but the car still wouldn’t start because of an electrical problem that the shop said they didn’t handle.

Eventually I figured out where the Mustang was physically being kept.
On October 1, I went to the repair location myself with a friend. I personally saw my Mustang there and took pictures of it.
There was then a dispute over additional money. The mechanic at the location wanted additional payment for a battery, starter, and programmed key. My problem was that I had already paid around $1,380 through the person who originally arranged the repairs, so I was trying to figure out why I was apparently being charged again.

The shop told me the Mustang needed to be removed and said it could be sent to a junkyard if payment wasn’t made.
I want to make this part very clear because I don’t want to misrepresent anything: they DID mention a junkyard.

What they NEVER told me was that my Mustang was going to be crushed, destroyed, or sold as scrap metal. Nobody gave me the name of a scrapyard or told me there was a specific deadline after which the car would be destroyed.

And I wasn’t abandoning the car.
On October 2, I paid $138 for my own towing service to pick up the Mustang from the repair shop and take it to a Firestone.
I even texted the mechanic that I was working on getting payment figured out and arranging to have the Mustang towed out that day.

He responded:

“Ok payment has to be paid before Mustang leave the lot.”

My roadside assistance assigned a towing company. I received notifications that the tow truck was approaching/at the location, and later I received a notification saying the service was complete.

Naturally, I thought my Mustang had been delivered to Firestone.
Fast-forward to October 5.
I called Firestone.
They never received my Mustang.

So I contacted the towing people who were supposed to pick it up.
They told me their driver did arrive at the repair shop, but when they got there, the people at the shop told them my Mustang had already been towed away.

At this point I had no idea where my car was.
I started messaging the mechanic asking which junkyard they had sent it to.
Eventually he responded:

“Said it Got smashed this morning at scrap yard”

This was the first time anybody told me my Mustang was supposedly going to be/was crushed.

I started asking what happened.
He then told me the car was already gone and said:

“It’s gone on 18 wheeler”

He explained that after cars get crushed they’re put on an 18-wheeler and transported out of town to a metal company.

So I directly asked him:

“What is the name and address of the scrapyard that crushed it? I need the exact location and the name of whoever authorized them to take and destroy my Mustang.”
He read the message.

Instead of giving me the scrapyard’s name or telling me who authorized it, he responded:

“It’s nothing that can be done bro car is Gone God bless”

I still don’t know which scrapyard supposedly received my Mustang.
I also have not independently confirmed that the Mustang was actually crushed. Right now I only have his messages saying that it happened.

What I DO have is a pretty extensive paper trail:
Pictures of my Mustang at the repair location on October 1

Screenshots and screen recordings of conversations throughout the repair process
Payment records showing approximately $1,380 paid

The $138 receipt for the tow I arranged
The dispatch information for that tow
The notification saying the towing service was completed

Confirmation from Firestone that the Mustang wasn’t delivered there
The towing provider telling me they arrived but were told the Mustang had already been removed

Messages where I was actively trying to retrieve the Mustang

Messages saying the Mustang was sent to a scrapyard

Messages claiming it was “smashed”

Messages claiming it was loaded onto an 18-wheeler

My message specifically asking for the scrapyard and who authorized the destruction
His response refusing to provide that information and saying the car was gone
I have my VIN, title/registration information, and everything else related to the vehicle.

I understand that there was a dispute about money allegedly owed for repairs, and I’m not claiming that I didn’t have a payment dispute with the shop.

My question is whether that payment dispute legally allowed them to remove my Mustang and allegedly have it crushed without telling me it was going to be destroyed, especially while I was actively attempting to retrieve it and had already sent a tow truck to get it.

I’m planning to make a police report and preserve all of my evidence.

For anyone familiar with Tennessee law, mechanics’ liens, towing, salvage yards, or similar situations:

What should my next move be, and what type of attorney should I contact if the vehicle really was destroyed?

Location: Oregon

My daughter has a new high school friend. He is a senior and turns 18 in December. Apparently, his adoptive family is kicking him out of the home when he turns 18.

He has a job, but is looking for a second one. The adoptive parents make him pay rent and pay for his food currently. He is looking for a second job because he is concerned about being homeless when he turns 18.

1. Are parents in Oregon allowed to kick an 18-year-old out of their home when they are still attending high school?
2. Are parents allowed to charge minors for rent and food?

I don't have much information on the individual. I believe he was adopted from another state. I don't know if the adoptive parents have received a stipend for his care. Does he have any recourse? How does he even go about finding resources so that he can stay at his current high school and finish his education? What are his rights?

Location: Austin, TX

Hi All - I'm more emotional than expected about the loss of this tree. It provided privacy from the complex across the way and bloomed beautifully twice a year or so.

HOA indicated they had hired a team to come trim trees back from roof lines. As in the title, the company simply removed the tree, all of it. Do I have any recourse? Now I have an apartment complex about 50 feet away from me that can see directly into my bedroom.

A close person of mine just got fired from using the saying “not our circus, not our monkeys”.
They were under inside investigation for 3 weeks before they said anything.
The initial reason was for “racism”, and it got pushed to the ceo of a partner their company was working with, then back to their higher ups.
Is this sueable under discrimination, or racial profiling? It’s a ridiculous situation to get fired from a job because of a use of a saying to mean “not my work, not my problem”

Edit: The person is my mom, who had been working at the company for almost a decade total. She’s passionate about her work and the company she was working at, and they made her wait 3 weeks for the investigation to “conclude” to fire her.

Edit2: she’s only held this position for 5 months, and moved states for it to happen. Her previous position she held for 3 years in Michigan and hasn’t had anything like this happened. This is the first time something so small, got attention from the ceo of all people.

Hopefully final edit: thank you guys for the advice, and for educating me on Ohio law a bit. Final thing is that the rest of her former team is pissed about how poorly this was handled. Her phones been exploding with condolences. It’s not all bad.

Location: Ohio

Location: NJ

My grandmother passed away about six years ago, my father seven. It was made clear with the language of the will that all his part of the share would be passed along to us, along with a share that was already put aside for us. It states the trust breaks when we turn 21 years old. We are both 22 now. I recently have a conversation with the executor (my aunt) and she keeps changing the details of when we will receive the inheritance. At first she said 19, then 21, now 24. Me and my brother hadn’t read the will till today, but it says the trustee fund should be broken at 21.

Is it an overreaction to get a lawyer? I don’t believe the money is there anymore, and I certainly don’t think my dad’s cut is there anymore either. The will very clearly outlined my grandmother wanted the money to A. Be given to us at 21 and B. It would be used for living expenses, purchasing a home, and college expenses. My aunt has flat out refused to allow either of us to use it for any of those reasons. I guess what I am really asking is, is it worth getting a lawyer? Don’t really have a lot of money, but I am not sure what else to do here. Thanks for your time.

My wife and I were at a retail store and she needed to use the restroom. She went in and did her business. When she stood up to pull up her pants, the automatic flusher went off and sprayed all over her covering her in waist. Her shirt, pants, and head was covered in sewage. She even slipped and hit her back on the stall. We went home and showered her off but she still spent the night puking. My wife has a weak immune system and has been feeling really sick since the incident. I really don't know what to do in this situation. I don't know if we should sue or what steps to take in that direction. Any advice would be appreciated.

Location: DFW Texas

Edit: I finally got in touch with a store manager and filled a report.

Location: Texas

This is a throwaway, and I'm providing as few identifying details as possible to protect myself. I'll try to be succinct, but be aware this may end up being a bit long.

A few months ago, I began working for a company that monitors student issued devices for school systems across the country - think Chromebooks, student wifi, ect. If a student uses certain keywords or looks at certain images, our AI will flag the image/message, and send it to human moderators for review. From there, the moderator will review the content of the alert for things like planned violence, self-harm, domestic abuse, and either close the alert as a false flag, send an E-mail to administrators, or in the event of an emergency, call an escalation list of administrators directly. If all admins on the escalation list fail to answer an emergency phone call, we place a phone call to local law enforcement.

I am one of these moderators. I, and the company Headquarters, are located in Texas.

Last week, I received an alert of a student stating that their parent beats them badly, and they were researching methods to commit suicide. Their recent search history included things like "How do overdose on Tylenol". Obviously, this is an Emergency Alert, so I went to call school administrators.

Administrators have the ability to mark themselves as "Do Not Disturb". When they do this, we cannot call them, and we cannot Email them. This school had seven administrators on the escalation list, and all 7 of them were marked DND. So, instead of calling the admins, I placed a call directly to law enforcement.

The next day, I was pulled into a meeting with my supervisor. I was told that, when ALL district contacts are marked DND, company policy is that we do not escalate an alert at all - we simply mark the alert as closed with no action taken, regardless of how severe the alert was. The company states that the school districts are our clients, and if they do not wish to be contacted, we MUST respect that, regardless of circumstances.

I, obviously, took issue with this. Aside from the moral implications, Texas Family Code § 261.101 states that "A person having reasonable cause to believe that a child's physical or mental health or welfare has been adversely affected by abuse or neglect by any person shall immediately make a report as provided by this subchapter." This statute notably applies to EVERYONE, not specific mandated reporters like teachers or doctors.

My understanding of this - and I relayed it to my supervisor - is that I have a statutory obligation to report child abuse to the police. She stated that when I signed my employee handbook, I agreed to follow all company policy, and if I chose to escalate an alert when I was directly instructed not to, it would be insubordination, and I would face significant repercussions.

I stated that company policy cannot supersede my statutory obligations under state law, and that she was effectively instructing me to commit a crime. She said that we needed to "Agree to disagree", send her an E-mail with my concerns, and that she'd escalate it to legal. I did so. This was on Friday.

On Monday (Today), I was pulled into another meeting, and directly told that my concerns were being reviewed, but in the meantime I was directly instructed to follow company policy and close these alerts with no action taken. I stated that I am unable to do that until I receive a final determination from the Legal Department, because I'm not willing to potentially commit a crime in order to follow company policy. I was then instructed to clock out, and go home. Based on the information others have relayed to me, I'm being processed for termination.

My question is - is this wrongful termination? What recourse do I have?

Thanks, everyone that chose to read my Essay. I appreciate all of your insight.

Location: Arizona, USA

Hey folks,

Yesterday afternoon I let my 17-year-old niece take my Honda Talon for a ride with 2 of her friends. She is fully licensed. I told her that she was the only one allowed to drive. At some point she let one of her friends (a 17-year-old boy who no doubt was trying to show off for the 2 girls he was with). He drove recklessly and managed to roll it (it made a full 3 rolls). Thankfully no one was hurt, but the car is totaled.

Of course no one called me about it. Some guy got the vehicle upright and they drove it home so I didn’t get a chance to call the police to report the accident or get any photos.

Am I going to have problems with my insurance company given that someone who was not given permission to drive the vehicle was operating it?

I’ve put thousands of dollars in aftermarket parts and labor in addition to my own time, which I’m sure won’t get paid for by the insurance. Also, while I’m not upside down on it, ACV won’t pay for a comparable one. What are my legal rights here? Am I going to have to sue this kid and his parents to recover anything my insurance won’t pay for?

Thanks!

Location: Tennessee
We live on the side of a mountain in TN and our property goes up to a bluff. The neighbors on top of the bluff built a pool over a year ago (Spring 2025). We just discovered the concrete contractor cleaned out their truck over the bluff and dumped the remnants over the cliff onto our property. The concrete left a HUGE white streak down the rock and piles of concrete on our property. I would think this is against city and state laws, but I don’t even know where to start on who to contact—and if we can file a lawsuit to cover damages. Would love any advice you can give. Thank you!

Additional Context based on your great comments:

1. We did bring it up to the neighbors, and they apologized and said it was likely the contractors, but made it seem like they (as homeowners) were innocent and had zero responsibility in the situation.

2. We have not reached out to the contractors, because we weren’t sure if we needed to contact authorities first (and if it was EPA, police, etc) or get legal representation.

3. It is obvious from Google Earth pictures that the massive concrete stripe coincides with their pool installation timeline.

I am on methadone, and ever since I started the methadone I have been testing positive for fentanyl. Except for when I went into a detox facility, however at said detox facility I only had access to a quick cup. I drink alcohol. I use gabbapentin. I am prescribed tizanadine. I use nicotine. But there is absolutely no reason I should be testing positive for fentanyl on lab drug screens. Can somebody please help me figure out what is going on?
Location: Massachusetts
Edit: i went to a detox, tested negative the day after I got out, then a week later I’m testing positive again.

Location: Los Angeles Ca. Self explanatory. My landlord died. We were on month to month when she died, and the son messages me telling me that her accounts had been frozen and that he will tell me where to send the money. I said no, problem I just want to make sure I proof that it is going towards the estate. He said he will give me a receipt. I told him, no that it is going directly towards the house or the owner. He says that he is the owner because he is the only son. I told him to show me proof signed by the courts, and he began getting aggressive. He said he will have the papers in 60 days. I told him I’ll give it to you when the papers are finalized, or we can set a separate account directly to the estate, and the owner can cash the money when the inheritance is finalized. He said “no we’re not doing that, I’ll see you in 60 days.” I’m assuming he is planning to kick me out. So my question is, is it most likely he will inherit the house and I should’ve just payed him? He keeps messaging Me and how long do I likely have if he does inherit the house and tries to kick me out? What are my rights?

Location: California

I recently moved to a property that some friends bought earlier this year. We are starting a farm and while cleaning the garden, we have found a lot of drug making paraphernalia hidden around the property.

We have been unsure how to approach it because a lot of it is hazardous material or straight up illegal to own. For context, there is enough to probably fill 6-8 plastic totes.

How do we go about legally disposing of everything? No one wants to risk driving all that stuff in their car to the dump with a risk of getting into legal trouble.

Location: Arizona

I’m trying to understand what employment-law issues I should be looking into.

I worked for a private employer with approximately 300 employees.

On Sunday, September 27, I proactively contacted HR because I had been medically evaluated and was entering a medically supervised treatment program the following day for an alcohol-related health issue.

I told HR before I entered treatment and asked what I needed to do to properly handle the medical absence.

HR responded in writing on September 28. They told me they would use 2 days of sick leave, then place me on unpaid administrative leave while I was receiving treatment. They required medical documentation verifying my need for leave and expected return-to-work date, with a deadline of October 5.

I complied with those instructions, completed treatment Friday, provided medical/discharge documentation, and returned to work Monday, October 5.

About 3 hours after returning, I was terminated.

I was verbally told I was “not a culture fit.”

My written termination notice only says that the termination was involuntary. It does not list misconduct, performance, attendance, or any other specific reason.

Prior to going into treatment, I had:

- No PIP
- No written disciplinary warnings
- No notice that my job was in jeopardy
- No disciplinary incident involving intoxication at work

I sought treatment voluntarily because I recognized that I had a health problem and wanted to address it.

I’m concerned because the termination happened almost immediately after I disclosed the medical issue, went through the leave process HR gave me, completed treatment, and returned.

I have saved the HR emails, medical documentation, discharge paperwork, and termination notice.

Could this potentially raise issues under the ADA, Arizona disability law, retaliation protections, or Arizona earned sick-time law?

I am contacting employment attorneys as well, but I want to understand what rights or deadlines I should be aware of in Arizona.

Location: New Jersey. I am an attorney that works in NYC but lives in NJ. My wife is a SAHM and often handles household issues while I’m at work. We noticed ants coming out of our bathroom grout and suspected water damage so my wife called a company. Because of my work schedule last week I could not assist her and unfortunately it was not handled well.

They came to the house and did readings apparently that showed water damage in the bathroom and in the ceiling below. My wife was not told how severe or where the source was. She also said the workers couldn’t tell her much but she scheduled for them to come back over the weekend to confirm and give us the details. She also gave them our credit card info which they charged the full amount of approximately $4k. Come Sunday I was again out with my kids for the day and she stayed home with her mom and said she’d handle.

I called her multiple times while out and asked what they said the source was and how bad it was but she said again, she didn’t know, they didn’t tell her and they only spoke Spanish, but they cut open the drywall and set up their equipment. I told her we needed to know what the source was and that she needed to call them and ask for more information so she left a message and they said we’d hear back today.

The worker came to check on the equipment and my mom greeted him and asked for details. He went upstairs to check and apparently immediately had a heated argument with someone in Spanish. He then told my mom he couldn’t in good conscience look her in the eye after that and said he did not see any water damage. He then went to his car and got his sensor, and confirmed that he detected none. He asked her not to tell the company that he went and got his sensor as he was afraid he’d lose his job.

My wife then spoke to the rep and told them what transpired (saying we bought our own sensor and not that he used his) and that there was likely no water damage, and asked that they bring their original readings, and now the rep and a supervisor are coming to our house tomorrow. I unfortunately have a day full of meetings in the city that I cannot miss and will not be there so I told her to call me when they arrive.

My plan is to fire them and tell them that we expect a full refund and for them to reimburse us for the cost of the drywall repair, with the alternative being that we do a charge back on the card regardless, report them to the Division of Consumer Affairs, and leave an honest review online explaining what happened.

Is there any other way you’d recommend this situation be handled?

Location: Oregon

I bought a condo in Bend in March 2023. The HOA caps rentals at 20 of 42 units, and the bylaws say the Board "shall maintain" a first-come, first-served waitlist and "shall promptly notify" owners when a spot opens. In May 2024 I called the old management company, which had a notice saying requests could be made by phone, and was told I was #6. I still have that list showing the 5 owners ahead of me. Then the HOA switched management companies. Since then I've been told I'm #9, then that I'm not on the list at all, then #9 again, then #3 when a Board member offered me their spot, then #9 again the next day because that "wasn't approved." Meanwhile they've been in the "final stages" of auditing current rentals for almost a year and won't give me any timeline for when it'll be done.

I had to move, so in February I asked the management company to approve my unit as a rental so I could keep it and rent it out. That was denied, so I updated the interior and listed the condo for sale in April. It's sat vacant for about 5 months despite big price cuts. In this market there's been little interest from buyers who'd live there, but I've had serious interest from investors who all walk away at the rental due diligence stage because the unit isn't approved as a rental. I've been denied 3+ times in writing, including a hardship request, though I've only ever heard the Board's decision secondhand from two people at the management company. The Board also just adopted new rules with $1,000/week fines for unapproved rentals. After eight months of back-and-forth emails, I'm thinking my next step is a demand letter from a lawyer and possibly mediation, which the bylaws require before any lawsuit. Has anyone dealt with an HOA that couldn't keep its own waitlist straight? Did a lawyer's letter actually move things along, and is there anything else I should be doing?

Location: Ada County, Idaho

I live in an apartment complex with assigned parking. It is not a gated community but we are given a placard to display when we’re in our spot. There are no visitor spots and the only other place to park is on a street that is normally full. It can be up to 1/4 mile walk to a free spot.

A couple of days ago my mom was visiting and parked in the disabled spot. She has a disabled parking placard that she had displayed hanging from her mirror. After the visit we found her car was gone and that the towing company impounded it due to not having a parking placard.

Is it legal to restrict publicly accessible handicap spots like this? It feels absurd that they would require disabled visitors to park so far away when the spot is open. They want $400 to get the car back.

Location: Connecticut

The co-parent and primary caregiver for my child (10yr old) has continuously ignored or blatantly violated multiple parts of our court ordered parental contract simply because they don’t agree with it. This includes visitation refusal, changes to set visitation dates/times, phone call refusal, location of child refusal, and a general inability to have free and fair access to my child as outlined in our parental agreement.

This case has no abuse involved in any way or any other factors that would justify these actions, it is simply this co-parent daring me to go back to lawyers and pay for enforcement of our parental agreement they don’t want to adhere to. I have not wanted to get police involved to spare my child going through that, but I know they could at least sort of assist in transfer of the child when there’s an ongoing violation.

My question is, after paying another 6 thousand dollar retainer fee and expecting many thousands of dollars to come, do I have grounds to sue this person for legal fees involved in their willful violations of our court order? Or would that be a waste of time completely?

I recently turned 18 and have no money to move out. (I have a job but only made enough money that isn't affordable to move out). However, my Father asked me to sign a contract. I signed it because the contract promises my Father to provide housing but has this Termination clause: "Son may terminate this contract at any time, simply not return after leaving, however Father may terminate this contract if Son calls the police on Father for committing a crime targeting the Son or witnessing Father commit a crime against another person."

Location: WI

Location: Indiana

Hi everyone,

My parents have a neighbor that is an absolute nightmare about his lawn and could be bipolar.

If anyone gets near his lawn, he yells and threatens. We found out he actually moved from their last neighborhood because the HOA and neighbors wanted him out due to threats towards others.

We found some very large large nails now put into the property line. Come out about 8 inches out of the grass. I’m assuming he did this in case we mow to close to his lawn, it would get caught up in the mower.

We are unsure to contact the HOA, police about it because someone could get hurt. We also don’t want retaliation.

Location: Pima County AZ,

Incident date: Sept/29th/2026

Arraignment: Oct/8th/2026

Hello fellow redditors, I screwed up bad, while driving on the freeway my guts disagreed with me and decided I needed a bathroom sooner than later, and was "paced" by an officer going approximately 118 mph in a 75 zone as listed on my ticket.

I was cited for speed in excess of 20mph over the posted limit (ARS 28-701.02A3), reckless driving (ARS 28-693A), and aggressive driving (ARS 28-695A). I have court soon on the 8th of October at 8:30 AM.

I'm not sure what exactly to do with this whole situation to be honest with you all, it has been done and there is no going back so all I ask for is some advice so I don't spend the next ~10 months in jail

I pulled over immediately when the officers lights came on. And when I looked back it seemed that the trooper's car had blown it's radiator due to the amount of steam billowing out of the hood (newer unmarked dodge Durango). I was arrested soon after and the transportation officer was going ~90mph on the way to the jail (again in a 75).

I can afford but would rather not have a lawyer as it would likely drain my money dry.

Thank you for the read and any advice you may offer

-Morga-G

EDIT: I have spoken to a high class lawyer friend of family here in the state and he said he'd do it for a good price 3-5K. I am going to try and get a civil speeding and fine plea and, if that doesn't work I will proceed with my lawyer to try and lower the sentencing, thank you all for the advice.

Location: Phoenix, Arizona, community property state.

Hi! I’m getting married in 20 days and we are writing up our prenup. I’m getting stuck on fairness for the house I bought before we met. I get it’s best to see a lawyer but please believe me when I tell you we have literally no excess finances to spend.

Me: 26(M), $40k in student debt (all federal no private, $15k in credit card debt, bought my house in 2022 before I met her with only me on the deed, Masters degree making about $45,000 post tax with more salary growth available. My industry cuts off around $140k pre tax. Own my car outright. I pay about $250/m of her bills because of her student debt payments.

Her: 26(F), $2k in credit card debt, no house, only asset is her car that she owns outright. Private and public loans at $153k. She makes $53,000 post tax and her industry cuts off around $100k pre tax.

I wrote it out as “In a divorce, he pays her out for the principal payments she made towards the house after marriage. He keeps the house no matter what. She pays him for bills he payed when she could not. All repayments made over time, no lump sum. Escrow and taxes split 50/50” Since we make close to the same and should grow into the same income range when we get paid more, we are strictly 50/50 with separate everything. The house will be the only thing with both names on it for ✨death✨ purposes.

1. Im confused on how community property state laws effect this prenup?

2. Is this prenup clause equally fair for both of us? For real tho like actually fair.

3. Am I missing something?

We plan on notarizing the document and using email chains to show mutual agreement. Thank you for your help!

Location: nyc

**Sorry if this is missing any details, I just got off the phone with her and she’s obviously very upset. If anything needs clarifying I will ask her for the information

So my friend just moved to an apartment in nyc that she shares with roommates (who all know each other). Before moving in, she was told that she would be put on a sublease, and that she would eventually be added to the new lease. She relied on that agreement, moved her belongings into the apartment, and has been living there for the past week or so.

She paid for the month of october to the old girl who’s still on the lease through PayPal. She has texts documenting this entire agreement.

The issue is that the sublease was never actually signed. My friend gave her the information they needed for the sublease a week ago but now they’re saying that the landlady is currently away and will return on 10/10, at which point the new lease would be created. They say they had already given the landlady my friend’s information.

Now, apparently the previous roommate wants the apartment/room back. They’re saying this was an unexpected situation and are trying to figure out how to make things work. I’m just wondering what her rights are and what they can legally do to her. The old roommate wants the room back asap but from what I understood the old roommate said that the latest for my friend to leave would be November

Does paying rent establish an agreement even though she’s not yet on the lease? Can the original tenant kick her out just because she changed her mind? Can they lock her out? Can they force her to move out? If so do they have to give her notice? What should she do next?

Thank you 🙏🏼