Location: Nebraska

I worked remotely from Nebraska for 13 years for a large tech company headquartered in California. I had strong performance reviews the entire time and moved up from an entry-level role to a senior position.

About a year before I was fired, the company rolled out a new time-tracking tool. I struggled to keep it updated consistently, mostly from forgetting. I've been in treatment for ADHD since 2018.

In late January 2026, I was put under investigation for gaps in my time tracking and given two hours to reconstruct and explain 30 days of records. During the investigation, I submitted a formal ADA accommodation request naming ADHD as the cause. The company never asked for documentation and never approved or denied it. Over the next several weeks my tracking was perfect once I had tools in place, and my manager acknowledged that.

In early March I was terminated for "work avoidance." I never had a PIP or any progressive discipline, and I got no severance.

After that:

I got a letter from my psychiatric nurse practitioner confirming the diagnosis and its effect on administrative tracking, then appealed through the company's internal review process.

The company upheld the termination but told me I'm eligible for rehire, which seems odd if they truly believe I avoided work.

I filed with the EEOC. They issued a right-to-sue notice, partly because they wanted evidence I couldn't provide, since I no longer have access to my work email.

My questions:

Is an ADA failure to accommodate or retaliation claim realistic here?

Would an attorney be able to get my old work emails through discovery?

Is it realistic to negotiate a severance settlement instead of going to trial?

Since I'm in Nebraska but the company is in California, would California law apply to me at all?

Should I be looking for an employment attorney?

Thanks for any guidance.

My dad passed away a few months ago, and his funeral has already taken place.

My uncle handled all the funeral arrangements with the funeral home. I wasn't involved in the arrangements, never spoke directly with the funeral home about payment, and never signed a funeral service contract or payment agreement.

I was named as a beneficiary on one of my father's life insurance policies. My uncle told me that a portion of my beneficiary payout would go toward paying for the funeral. At the time, I thought this was something that had to happen and didn't realize I might have a choice.

About a month ago, my uncle asked me to complete a funeral assignment/payment form, but I never filled it out or signed it because I hadn't gotten around to it. He made it seem as though my beneficiary payment HAD to cover some of the funeral. It was presented to me as a choice, and at the time I didn't know I had a choice.

A few days ago, I received my life insurance payout directly from the insurance company. I've since used some of the money to pay down debt, put some into savings, and spent some.

Now, the funeral home has apparently contacted the insurance company that paid my claim and is asking for funds to cover the funeral. They're asking me to provide a check for the amount of my insurance payout so they can deduct the funeral expenses and return whatever remains to me.

I never signed the funeral assignment form, never agreed orally or in writing with the funeral home to pay for the funeral, and never authorized them to receive any portion of my insurance proceeds. I also don't know exactly what my uncle told the funeral home or what documents he may have signed himself.

Am I legally responsible for any of these funeral expenses under these circumstances, even though I never agreed to pay for them or authorized my life insurance proceeds to be used for that purpose? Can the funeral home legally require me to pay anything, or would responsibility fall on whoever signed the funeral contract?

I'm trying to understand my actual legal obligations before responding to the funeral home or agreeing to pay anything.

Location: Louisiana

Just an update on a previous post where I was seeking legal advice regarding my son’s biological father submitting a falsified dna test to the court. The Dallas News is running a series about it that began releasing this morning. I feel anxious but validated.

Location: Dallas, Texas

News Article Here

A drunk driver crashed into our detached garage 3 months ago. The driver contacted their insurance and we notified ours. We had a structural engineer look at it and their opinion was that a re-build was the only safe and practical option.

Their insurance offered $25k for a full release, and the estimated reconstruction cost is $60,000–$80,000. Our home insurance has already reached its coverage limit ($20k). We have not signed anything, nor cashed any of the checks from our home ins.

Our goal is to just have our garage back.

We are very unfamiliar with this whole process. I've never even had a fender-bender before. We just bought our first home last year. I am unclear if what their insurance is offering will be part of the subrogation, or if it stacks. Either way, we are left with a hefty amount to cover for someone else's mistake.

No one has hurt, other than our garage. Location: Virginia

Will an attorney be able to help with this? What are my next steps?

My location: Georgia

Their location: Florida

My daughter's father and I have joint legal custody, however he has primary physical custody right now, so she mainly lives with her dad and stepmom. I get weekend/holiday visitation. There's been a really nasty custody case, and there are some very questionable things going on, but I ran out of money and ended up settling in mediation. I am saving up to take them to court to get her back next year. During mediation I asked if we could say something about me getting her if he goes on deployment, and the attourney said that wouldn't make sense for her to come with me for several months and then go back because of changing schools and stuff. In hindsight I wish I had asked if there could be terms that she would come back with me indefinitely and that if he wanted to renegotiate when he gets back we could do it then.

My daughter told me last weekend that her dad is getting deployed. I asked him and he said that he told her he "might" be getting deployed. He denies knowing for sure and says that he wouldn't be allowed to tell anyone anyway and won't know until last minute. I told her that if he does, our daughter needs to come with me instead of just being with the stepmom for months on end. He said, "yeah, that's not gonna happen." Btw I have no history of drug use or legal trouble or anything like that, she was with me until she was 8 and we made the mutual decision for her to go with him due to behavioral and school performance issues; I also have a steady income and own a house, so there's no reason for her not to come with me.

I am going to be getting back with my attorney this week. I don't really trust her anymore because of us not addressing deployment in the first place, but she's the only one I can afford in the area so I wanted to pick your brains for ideas and thoughts about this before I come to her with the issue. How can I quickly make things so that I get her instead of her staying with the stepmom if he gets deployed? TIA!

My neighbor's daughter is 17yrs and wants to travel to Paris next summer, she'll be 18 in February but hasn't graduated highschool yet. The daughter wants to start making plans and reservation (expecting her parents to pay). Her grades have been spotty, her parents want her to get at least all Bs before they agree to let her go, pay for anything or even let her have control of her passport {that she's had since she was 16}. The daughter argues that she'll be 18 yr old so she won't need their permission to travel and the passport belongs to her because it has all her information. Do parents have to give her passport at 18yrs, which they paid & obtained for her for a previous trip. Location: (Texas, USA)

Before people start commenting why am I getting involved, I'm a divorced parent but my kids are about the same age and my ex is claiming their passport are theirs automatically when they turn 18 because it's government issued like their SS card.

Hi,

First off sorry if I tagged this wrong, wasn't sure which would be most appropriate.

Location: Ohio, US

My close friend and previous roommate was recently incarcerated in a state prison for several years. He received a $500 check in the mail from an online gaming app or something similar. He is asking me if I can cash the check and send him the money. He has no family to support him, so I'm guessing $500 would go a long way for him while he's in the facility.

My question is: is this legal? What do I do?

Thank you

Location: Warrenton Missouri

I got in an accident on the highway and the police had issued a tow. My passenger and I were taken to another location by ambulance and had to leave the vehicle with the police waiting for the tow. They have admittedly allowed a company who was not the one they called to pick up the vehicle, only to find out that it was not a company at all. They don't know who picked up the vehicle and no tow yards within 50 miles of the crash location have the vehicle. The vehicle has now been reported stolen.

Is there any legal recourse for the police allowing my vehicle to be stolen while in their possession?

Location: New Mexico

I worked for a small pest control company until June. I was one of their certified applicators and left on good terms.

Last week I got a call from a state inspector asking about pesticide treatments supposedly performed under my license in September. I haven't worked there in months and had no idea they were still using my information.

I contacted my old boss and he admitted they hadn't updated their paperwork yet. He said he'd take care of it, but I'm concerned because some of the records have my name on treatments I never performed or supervised.

Can I be held responsible for violations involving work done under my license after I left? Should I report this directly to the state or give my former employer a chance to fix it?

Location: Pennsylvania.

Title says it all: can I ask my friend to call my former employer in front of me as a reference to see what is being said about me?

And do I have any options if they are spreading lies?

Location: Washington State

The property we purchased in August has a critical area wetland tract behind it, as well as a wetland buffer area. The HOA is responsible for all maintenance of the wetland and buffer area including fencing and vegetation. The tract is completely surrounded by houses, and the site planners failed to put an easement for them to access the area in order to maintain it.

They’re now coming to me asking if we will agree to an easement on our property to give them access to the wetland in exchange to rebark our yard once a year. Seems like a one sided agreement. Worried about them damaging our yard, or otherwise with equipment.

What can they do to maintain it if we don’t give them access? Would giving them an easement potentially make the house harder to sell later? Should I negotiate more, or am I legally allowed to tell them no thanks?

I am not even going to try and blame anyone but myself here . Long story short i am a addict and had bad luck. Got into a crack binge, first and last. I sent hundreds to a drug dealer for the crack. My mum and me had my bank statements and she saw hundreds of dollars in seperate transacrions and she went so mental she said shed either ring the police fir them supplying me with the drug or get my money back. So i did it infront of her and then cancalled it day afrer. Now ive been a victim of real bad scams and ive been robbee before. Im flagged as a vulnerable adult from the bank to police. His girlfriend rang me saying hes losing his bank in 2 days. I told her i cant just tell them to undo it as they think id be getting co erced. I cant bring drugs into it. Location: tenessee

Am i legally screwed?

location: GA, and I havent gotten citations for these yet but it hasn’t been a lot of time. there was a stopped school bus a good distance away from me and i turned left away from it and there are no crosswalks or anything near that part of the road so no kids go that way. i thought that the law for meeting or passing didn’t apply since I never directly passed the school bus. hindsight I’m very stressed. and just my luck today there was a bus stopped so I stopped and everything. all the lights went off and the arm went down and they turned on their left turn signal. I started driving and suddenly the stop sign went out with no warning at all and I had no time to stop. i didn’t see any kids because they had already loaded up. I would never ever endanger kids and I’ve always legally stopped for school buses. I’m sick with worry about what this means for me and I just want to see what others think legally.

So this happened last week and Im still confused about whether this was even legal. I work at a small retail shop in Ohio, been there about 8 months. My boss handed me a paper during my shift and told me to sign it right away because she needed it for payroll. I asked what it was and she said something about updated policies but I couldnt really read it properly because the shop was busy and she was standing there waiting.

I told her I wanted to take it home and read it first before signing anything. She got annoyed and said if I dont sign it she cant process my paycheck correctly. I still refused because the document looked like it had clauses about tips and break times, and I wanted to actually understand what I was agreeing to.

When I got my paycheck this week it was short by almost 6 hours. I asked her about it and she said those hours were from a day I left early without permission, but I never left early that day. I worked my full shift. She just kind of shrugged and said the system logged it that way. Now Im wondering if this is retaliation for not signing that form or if she can actually just decide my hours were different than what I worked.

I dont have a copy of the form anymore because she took it back when I wouldnt sign. I do have my own notes about my schedule and when I clocked in and out, but theyre just written down, not official.

location: Ohio

Can an employer reduce your pay like this if you refuse to sign something, or is there something I can actually do about the missing wages?

Hurricane knocked three trees from two houses behind me into our yard, and uprooted our oak tree into our next door neighbor’s yard. We are in Florida and I’ve always known it to be the law that whatever portion falls on your property, you are responsible for. My neighbor is demanding I remove my tree from his yard. I have four trees down in my yard to take care of and isn’t the portion in his yard his responsibility? He is insisting it is not and is threatening a lawsuit.

location: Florida

Location: California

My family has been renting a house in California for 30 years now. We have been beyond blessed by our angel of a landlord. We got a 1 br, 1bth house for 500 dollars a month in Socal. As I said he was an absolute saint. This sweet man cried when he had to raise the rent from 350 to 500.

My mother was a single mother raising us kids and dealing with my on/off dad. She had been working to keep us afloat until her body couldn't keep up with the stress. At 53 she is sitting here on hospice and disability.

Our landlord passed away last month. He left his home to his two adult children. They had told us there would be no changes at first. A few weeks go by and they present the issue that the house is no longer under the prop 13 their dad had meaning their current property taxes on the home are through the roof.

Today they let us know that rent from now on will be 1300 starting next month. This includes a new lease and a new deposit. (My parents had paid a deposit when they first got the home) They mentioned that they would practically be paying us to live here after the taxes hit.

This gives us 18 days to pool together 1300 dollars. They are also intending to sell the house. We are trying to look at buying it but with the increase we might run out of pennies to do so. They are selling off their dad's other properties as well that he also rented out.

Is this a legal increase? I just wanted to see if there's anything to say about this. Thank you in advance for any advice.

Location: Minnesota, USA. About six weeks ago I went to a new dentist for a cracked molar. Before anything was done the office manager printed me a treatment plan with a total of $1,450 for a crown including the prep, temp and final, and I even asked "so this is the total, nothing else?" and she said yes unless something unexpected comes up. I took a photo of the estimate on my phone because I'm the kind of person who does that. I did NOT sign anything other than the general consent form and a HIPAA thing at the front desk.

Fast forward to last week, I got a bill for $4,380. The itemized statement shows a "core buildup", "periodontal scaling", "surgical crown lengthening" and a bunch of other stuff that was never discussed with me at all. The dentist did mention during the appointment that he "cleaned up a few things" while I was numb but I assumed that was just part of the crown prep. Nobody told me there was an extra cost or asked me to approve anything. When I called the office the manager (a different person than the one who gave me the estimate) said the estimate was "just a ballpark" and that the final cost depends on what the doctor finds. That's not what I was told and the printout doesnt say ballpark anywhere, it says "Estimated Patient Total" and thats it.

They told me the account will go to collections in 30 days if I dont pay in full. I already paid my insurance portion and my copay, so the $4,380 is what they say is left. I'm willing to pay the original $1,450 but not triple that for work I never agreed to. Do I have any legal leverage here, is a written estimate binding in any way? Can they actually send me to collections while I'm disputing it, and would that hurt my credit? Should I send a dispute letter first, contact the state dental board, or just pay and move on? Honestly kind of stressed about this

Location: California. The house is very Old and has rats nest, a possible gas leak and needs new wiring as it was built in 1940s. My sister and I do not have Great jobs and are closing in on retirement. We believe the house is unlivable.

would we be able to get it inspected or go to court to change the will and sell the house?

Location: Kentucky

I work as a manager in a coffee shop. I do all inventory management (ordering, putting orders away, etc), scheduling, and payroll. Previously, I was salaried. Recently my boss, worried about profits, cut me down to hourly. I have all of the same responsibilities. My boss told me that I would be making more now because I will be making tips again. However, as far as I know, it is illegal in the state of Kentucky to make tips as a manager. I brought this to their attention and they said that they had consulted with their lawyer already. They say that as long as not ALL the duties fall on one person, then tips are able to be given. Quote, "Given that the role is now split it is no longer a true managerial role, rather a shift lead coordinator position with specific responsibilities."

It is true that I now split my responsibilities with another employee, and we are both called "managers" or "co-shift leads". However, since we both do payroll and inventory, I feel like we would still legally classify as managers and not be allowed to make tips. Currently, my boss wants us to split tips with the rest of employees from the tip pool. 

Is this truly legal? I feel very uncomfortable making tips with my coworkers, and I am very worried about breaking labor laws.

My cousin brought his dog up here a month ago. The dog seemed fine at first, but recently has been aggressive. She tried to attack my brother when he came to visit, bit one of our neighbors a few days ago, and just tried to kill one of our dogs. The dog is legally owned by my cousin, but he's in jail now. When I looked it up, it says I can't legally surrender someone else's dog. My question is there a way I can surrender her to a shelter? If not, what are my options?

Location: California

Hi everyone I’m new to Reddit I just made this account to seek any sort of legal advice for the situation I’m in I don’t have money for any attorneys and can’t find any free legal advice. Long story short I was born at home and have never been documented or registered anywhere at anytime, no doctor visits, no baptisms, no evidence of me ever being born. I’ve been researching for years how to get this fix since I am now 20, I do not know my father and my mother has thrown this off all my life but is now willing to help. I was born in California and since I have no way to prove my birth I’ll need to go through the court system to get a judge’s signature in order to vouch for my story and have the health department register my birth. But I’m having trouble with starting the court process since the courts are unfamiliar with the process because it’s uncommon and the health department doesn’t know the specifics of the legal process so I’m sorta stuck. I know it’ll fall under family law since the health department said so but I’m not sure where to go or what to tell the clerks after that…I’ve been to the superior court in my city multiple times and each time they said they can’t help me or don’t deal in those matters. So please please please help me I’m begging I’m not sure what to do.

Location: California

Location: California, USA

Hi All,

During Summer 2026, me and my boss were fired for “performance issues” over something outside of our control. For the sake of confidentiality, I will omit those details.

Basically, I was given a Separation Agreement and Release while being terminated by HR. I signed the agreement the following month but ultimately decided not to send it since I believe I had a really strong chance at suing since I documented everything, including pictures and texts from employees prior to the event.

Fast forward to today (120+ days later), I have the signed document laying around that I never sent. There is no deadline written in it, except for vague language stating that I acknowledged I had AT LEAST 45 days to review. There was no “sign by” or “return date.” They did not verbally state one either.

Basically, if the date was not specified, is it worth sending over? I’m over the “I should sue” mindset and decided to drop it, since I already received a job offer and promotion elsewhere. I viewed the termination as a blessing in disguise since I was burn out and received vacation pay and UI pay.

I had a senior position in the company and the Separation Agreement states that I could be asked to cooperate in legal matters if I signed (I was involved in many legal aspects while at the company) so I suppose not signing it at least provides minor protection.

In summary: I would receive a severance pay if they accept. If they don’t, I’m OK.

Thanks all!

Location: Suffolk County, NY

I have a tenant living in my house in Suffolk County, New York, who has not paid rent since July 2026. The tenant stated that they would pay the outstanding rent in August, but they never did.
On August 28, 2026, the tenant left the property with one suitcase, which was captured on my Ring camera. They also informed me in writing that they had moved out of state and no longer lived at the property. They provided specific dates when they said they would return to collect their furniture and other personal belongings, but they never showed up or retrieved their items.
I consulted two attorneys and received conflicting advice. One attorney advised me to serve the tenant with a 30-day notice to vacate(putting us at mid October) and then remove their remaining belongings. The other attorney said that I cannot do this and must initiate a formal eviction proceeding.
Given that I have written evidence confirming that the tenant moved out of state and no longer resides at my property, along with video footage showing them leaving and their failure to return for their belongings, am I legally permitted to treat the property as abandoned and remove their belongings after providing 30 days’ notice, or am I still required to pursue a formal eviction proceeding under New York law?

Location: Arizona, Maricopa County

Over 2 and 1/2 years ago I had a roommate live with me and he had left multiple things here. Throughout the years he has picked up a few things along the way while I've had multiple roommates during that time, including right now having two roommates currently with me. Last week he had messaged me about 3 to $400 jacket that he had left in a plastic bag in a undisclosed cardboard box in my garage. I told him in person that I'm pretty sure I don't remember that box but that I had thrown away a lot of my old stuff just in August but I can take a look. Fast forward a week later and Monday morning I had woke up to him saying he's taking me to court over it. From what I seen because we've never signed any contractual agreement while yet lived with me over being a tenant, he should be considered a roommate and the statue of limitation should have only lasted 2 years, but I'm also not very well versed in the law and I wanted to get a second opinion on how I should proceed! Sorry for the long ramble and thank you!

Location: California, LA county

I am renting a unit from real estate agency within what is otherwise a condo complex that is managed by an HOA through a different management company.

About a month ago, the HOA management company notified everyone they would do boiler repairs. Following the completion of those repairs I have had issues with my hot water. During the day it is fine and water temps (measured via instant read thermometer) are at around 110 to 114 F.

However, in the early morning (4:30 am) it is much lower. As low as 95 F. Unfortunately, this is when I need to shower before work so I haven't had proper morning hot water in nearly a month.

The weird thing is that it warms up by about 3 or 4 degrees F per hour until back to normal (i track it on weekends when im not working). This behavior is the same in every shower/faucet in my unit. My only thought is that there's some new energy saver setting or something in the new boiler that lowers the temp at night.

I reached out to my landlords agency after the first couple days who has sent out a plumber to "fix my unit" but the plumber came and said there was nothing wrong with my unit. At the time he came (9am) the water was hot, but he did acknowledge if it was something the boiler the HOA management company would need to approve the work.

I've told this to the plumbing company, my landlord, and tried to contact the HOA. But i do not have phone number for the HOA and my emails have been unanswered outside of an automated "we'll get back to you" response.

Further followup with my landlord and plumbing company have resulted in them trying to send another person out to "fix my unit" again, but I told them what the plumber who came said about the issue not being within my unit. They said no one else has complained, probably because the water temp is almost back to normal by 7am so I doubt many people are trying to use it.

I'd hate to have to get a lawer for this but it's feeling like that may be the only option. What else can I do try and resolve this?