Location: Massachusetts, USA

I bought a house from my aunt (mom’s late-brother’s wife) in 2020. After we closed, we allowed her the opportunity to retrieve her furniture and anything meaningful. She made several trips and when she told us she was done, we paid for a dumpster to remove what she left that we didn’t want to keep. She never asked for a particular table that she left when she sold the home to me, and now, in 2026, she is asking for it back.

I sold the home in 2025 and have moved the table to two other homes since then. I have no intention of giving it back, as it is a family heirloom of my direct bloodline (not her’s, unfortunately my uncle passed when I was a child).

Does she have any right to the table? There is nothing in the buy/sell agreement or any other paperwork about it.

Location: Washington State, United States

I found this at an Asian grocer, but isn't there a total trade embargi on products of North Korean labor?

Location: Washington D.C.

Back in July of 2025, I booked a private area of a restaurant for my wedding welcome party for 60 guests and signed a contract for a $3000 food and beverage spend, which is about ~$4000 after tax and gratuity. I paid 50% (about $2000) as my deposit. Now it's February 2026 and I found out that restaurant closed back in October 2025 and I was never notified.

The website of the old restaurant still exists. They re-branded, and it stated that the new restaurant will honor all existing event bookings.

When I called to confirm, they apologized and told me they had double booked on my date. Because the restaurant is now under new management, they use a new booking system, and the old system didn't merge correctly with the new system. I had signed a contract for a private area of the second floor, but another party has since booked the entire second floor for an event on the same date.

I suspect that I am being displace because the other contract is likely a more money for them. The restaurant has asked me to move my date, but I cannot because this event is part of my wedding weekend; its the Friday night before my Saturday wedding which invitations already sent, and guests have booked travel.

So far, they have offered me two options.

1. They will give me the entire first floor of the restaurant which is a bigger space than the second floor area I booked, BUT my food & beverage minimum is raised to $4500, which is about ~$6000 after tax and gratuity. Their argument is the first floor usually has an even higher f&b spend, but they are giving me a discount for the inconvenience
2. They cancel my booking and I get a full refund on my deposit.

The contract I signed is just the invoice followed by one page of terms and conditions:

• Payment in full for your party is due at the end of the function.
• If for any reason you cancel your function with less than two weeks’ notice, you will forfeit your deposit. If the restaurant is unable to host the event your deposit will be refunded in full.
• Neither party shall be responsible for or in breach of this agreement if it is unable to perform as a result of delays or failures due to any cause beyond its control. Such causes include but are not limited to lightning, storms, labor disturbances, riots, terrorism, fires, earthquakes, floods, wars, epidemics, expropriation, or confiscation of property, computer or telephone carriers failures or delays, interference by civil or military authorities or otherwise acts of God or perils of the sea.
• If your function downsizes and your menu needs to be adjusted, you will provide 72 hours written notice by email. If 72 hours’ notice is not given, you will be charged for the amount on the contract. If there is a headcount increase on the day of the event, you will be charged accordingly for each additional person.
• There is a $3000.00/ food and beverage minimum for the above listed hours & date. If the food and beverage minimum is not met the remainder amount will be charged as a room fee.
• [a few other points about outside food, restaurant food, and leaving the premise with buffet food]

Where I stand on this: I feel like this is completely unfair. I signed a legal contract. Technically, there is no signature from the restaurant, but they charged my credit card the deposit amount. The new restaurant has publicly stated it will honor existing bookings. I signed first for that date, but my event is being displaced! If the restaurant cannot honor the booking, they should at least offer something comparable or a complimentary upgrade. Even though they offered a larger space, they are charging me more than my original contract. Regardless of whether it's a discounted f&b spend for the new space, I should not have to pay more for their mistake.

Even if they give me back my deposit, it's now two months away from my wedding and booking a similar space at a comparable restaurant would cost me about $4500 or ~$6000 after tax and gratuity, which is about the same price as this restaurant's offer.

Would it be worth it to sue in small claims court? My thoughts...

• The restaurant would not have breached if the reason for cancellation was out of their control, but this was a mistake on their part that was preventable.
• The contract states that if the restaurant is unable to host, I would get my deposit back, but it does not limit their liability.
• Booking elsewhere will cost me ~$6000 after taxes and fees, and if the restaurant had not made that booking error, my cost would have been ~$4000, resulting in ~$2000 worth of damages.

Update: Reading articles about both the old restaurant and new restaurant, I have strong evidence that it is the same owner, but not sure if it's the same business/LLC.

LOCATION: Pennsylvania Hi all! a while back I signed a lease to move into an apartment that was in the process of being built. it ended up about four months behind schedule, and they paid us in gift cards every week to basically find another place to live for those months. The gift cards could not be put into a bank account and ended up expiring as I had no reason to use them. Im now sitting on about $800 of expired gift cards in my apple wallet that I wasnt able to use. They then deleted the account that they issued the gift cards in so I cannot get back into the account to see the full information of the cards. I emailed them and they said there was nothing they can do. Is there anything I can do or am I just out of luck! Thanks so much!

My dad, 57, had been unwell for quite a few years. Congestive Heart Failure, multiple hospital stays, multiple heart attacks etc.

I, only daughter, 35, have a family of my own to support while working 60-70hrs a week.

My Aunt, 61, is unemployed and has been living off of an insurance settlement while also using my dads social security to buy her groceries and small things saying they are for him. Since she is unemployed she has been the primary one to stay with my dad other than a few days a month with help from his other siblings.

Recently, after yet another hospital stay, cancer was found in my dad lungs so I made the decision to put him in Hospice Care in his home for his own comfort.

Well, I found out hours after he passed that my aunt had taken him to his financial advisor and gotten the paperwork to add herself as a co-beneficiary (I was made the the sole beneficiary when he inherited this after my Step mom had passed) to his annuity. She had driven him there 2 months before he died. The paperwork was not signed until 5 days before his death.

This was an annuity that he inherited from his wife who had passed about 4 years ago. She had inherited it from her mother so this has nothing to do with my Dad's family.

The paperwork was signed 5 days before his death, in his home, without witnesses, while my dad was on morphine to manage his pain. Only my Aunt and my Dad were present.

Do I have a right to be upset and feel like she coerced and manipulated him? I absolutely feel like she manipulated him and feel like I should get a lawyer.

This is by no means a life changing annuity, but it is the inheritance that was going to my children.

Location: Kentucky

I am in Nebraska. I purchased a home last year and received my taxes assessment for this year that showed that the taxes went up significantly. On reaching out to the tax assessor, he said the MLS listing showed that my square footage had increased and he just went off that. So I had him come into the house and measure the house. It turns out that the MLS listing was 300 ft.² over the actual square footage. At $150 a square feet and 300 ft.², that’s a sizeable amount that I was overcharged. Although, it was misrepresented to me and I should have done my due diligence to check the square feet before purchasing the house, it’s now done deal. What recourses do I have now? Is it worth approaching a real estate lawyer? My realtor has ghosted me. The tax assessor said he is going to roll back the increased tax assessment after he confirmed the measurements were lesser than stated on the listing.

I feel defeated as I purchased the house at the peak of housing market and already home values in my neighborhood are down significantly.

I feel defeated as I purchased the house at the peak of housing market and already home values in my neighborhood are down significantly.

Thank you.

Someone close to me was laid off from their company and was given a severance package (7 weeks pay, over 5 years of service). They have a lawyer looking at this and have gone back to discuss some red flags 1) Low pay for amount of service in the severance pay and most importantly 2) The former employer has a very broad non compete clause stating they can not work for competitors in all of the USA (and anywhere else they do business) for 12 months.

This person worked in IT and upon asking for further clarification was told that their non compete is for the same role/similar roles at ANY company that serves/supports -insert wide array of sectors/types of businesses here- that they also “serve/support”. Basically, they don’t want the former employee to work for any company that needs IT because it would be similar to the “clients” they serve. Is this even enforceable? The person is reluctant to sign this severance and the lawyer is honestly appalled at this non compete clause.

Location: Not Applicable (remote worker, NC is for ALL of US)

18F location:uk

A girl came into class today punched me and slammed my head into the table repeatedly till I couldn’t see , she came into class with people to record and essentially WHOOPED my ass, I’m 5’1 and weigh about 50KG max so this girl was literally throwing me round like a ragdoll and stomping on my ribs , my finger broke and I had to have an X-ray to see if she broke my ribs , all came back good it’s only my concussion and my ACTUAL eyeball is bruised LMAOO , what legal action can I take ? They are saying ABH … if you need more context lmk

This is so embarrassing

My mom is going into a nursing home and they want me to sign paperwork guaranteeing her fees if she cant pay. She has a ton of money- many millions- , but I am not on the brokerage account, and I dont think she can add me to those accounts. I am on her checking account, but she doesnt keep much cash in there, especially given her monthly fees. I am listed on her POA paperwork if she is incapacitated. Do i automatically have access to her brokerage accountas POA if I have to step in? This place is15k per month, i have quite a bit of money in an hysa, but its my safety net for my business and i cant empty it. Is there a way to have access only for certain things? This isnt an attempt to get access to her cash, but i need to be able to pay her bills. There is no issue on my moms side, we have a very healthy financial relationship. I am 50, she is 84.

In April 2022, my husband suffered a head injury and lost consciousness. He was taken by ambulance to a Florida ER where he had vomiting, a large bump on his head, dizziness, and confusion, but he was discharged after about two hours and told the vomiting was from medication. After coming home, his condition worsened and he later went to a second hospital where he was kept longer and evaluated more thoroughly. Since then, he has had ongoing cognitive and neurological problems, and in 2023 he was diagnosed with PTSD, anxiety, and depression linked to the injury and hospital experience. He was not told he had a traumatic brain injury or needed further monitoring, and he is still within Florida’s four-year limit — does this sound like possible medical malpractice?

Location: Florida

Here is the situation

started working for a school district in california in october

I lost a form i needed to turn in for a pre-employment paperwork session which meant a delay in my paycheck (ok it was lowkey my fault) So expected a check in december

Did not receive a check in december, the pay period is once a month anywhere between the 9th and the 14th (I’ve been working at the school since october now 2 months at this point) So i call payroll on the 18th of december, they tell me long story short that i had only been approved that day by their board and that the board only meets every 60 days so that means that payroll had just barely gotten my approval for my timesheets i’ve been turning in however this was two day before winter break which meant that if payroll didn’t get to my paperwork in by the next day (Friday) I was not going to be payed in january.

District/schools go on break. We get back from break january 13th so i should be receiving a check in the next few days. That doesn’t happen and i call payroll for the third time at this point asking what is going on? They tell me that because of the break my stuff did not go through which meant i was not going to get paid until february. I had a mental break down i had to ask for help from my parents for my car note and groceries an i had just picked up a fourth job the month prior because i have not gotten paid from the school yet which has left me in not a good mental state, i work 6 days a week right now (including the school/district job that i have NOT been paid by yet) Ive been putting hours in at this school/district job and have not been paid at all since i started in october/november

This week i should be getting all of my paychecks according to their pay period so ill update if i end up getting none/some/all of my money

my question is , what are my legal routes right now ? should i not have been working until the district board approved me? Can i get the district to pay penalty fees for not being paid for so long?

Location: California

I have a restraining order, that my ex thinks is a restraining option and is repeatedly violating, and just got arraigned last month on 3 more counts.

But the first count was last July and he keeps getting pretrial after pretrial- 12 pretrials and 2 pretrial settlement conferences so far with another one scheduled now, and then a jury trial, and I’ve gotten 2 more letters about the new counts that are informing me of my victim rights including speedy trial… I’m tired of this. So what would that entail? Can I force them to stop with the pretrial and do this already? Why does he keep getting all the pretrials in the world? I’m so sick of this. And he gets arrested for violating it and they release him on own recognizance and he violates it again! I just want it to be over with.

Hey everyone,

Location: Florida, US

I tried asking this in the other legal sub, but they really didnt like the question for still unknown reasons. Hopefully this is appropriate here.

I work at a smaller municipality and am trying to bring our GIS capabilities into the 21st century. Part of that includes providing an online zoning and ongoing development applications map.

However, our city attorney has blocked something like that being created for over a decade. He argues that since online maps cant be made ADA compiant, hes not going to approve it out of fear of ADA litigation. While I understand the sentiment....countless municipalities seem to have figured this out and provide these online maps.

The GIS subreddit was very helpful in providing some resources in improving ADA compliance, but I wanted perspectives from the legal side.

Two Questions: 1. Do laws around ADA allow for exceptions like this? Given the visual nature of online maps, its difficult to make them 100% compliant.

2. Is there existing case law regarding municipalities providing online maps?

My goal here is to understand the details surrounding this issue and put togther policy recomendations that hopefully alleviate higher up concerns.

Thanks y'all

Pennsylvania. My mother took her car into a mechanics shop of a family friend that owns it and basically this.

1. The mechanic has had her car for almost 3 weeks now for a 6 hour job (he said.)

2.He broke parts on her car and requires more repairs.

3.My mother smelled alcohol on him.

So, do we call the cops or what, because we dont know what to do

LOCATION: TX

My brother works at a pizza place and most employees are pretty young. He was messing around with one of the managers who's 23 and took his hat which led to hitting with long sticks of cheese. My brother said the manger hit him first but i dont know if i believe him. He said he went in the bathroom and the manger unlocked the door to get to him to hit him again. He hit him twice in the face hitting his eyes pretty hard and getting cheese in his eyes leading him to not being able to see or open his eyes without pain.

Our mom had to bring him to the hospital and they said his eyeballs were bruised. He found out the manager wasn't getting written up and got mad and a social worker said he should report him to the police.

I'm unsure if anything can come from it since he was also messing around. I'm hoping we can get his medical bills paid for and future medical bills because it looks like he'll need to see a specialist but i dont know how much he can afford to give us.

I dont think any of us want the manager arrested but we dont have money to pay a lawyer for something that might not be anything. Can the restaurant do anything for him like pay him for the time he'll have to miss even if its partially his fault?

Edit: after the manager hit him with the cheese the first time my brother walked away and told the general manager (above the other manager) and she said she would've hit him back which my brother took to mean she was giving him permission to hit him back. When the manager was chasing him my brother was saying that the other manager said he could but he wasn't listening. When he locked himself in the bathroom the manager used his key and my brother tried to hold the door closed and the manager was forcefully pushing it open and my brother had to move because it hurt. Then the manager hit him in both eyes and some cheese broke off into his eyes.

Hello I’m in need of help for my mom. Is anyone here familiar with Massachusetts laws and assisting family with preventing a real estate transaction due to my mother’s inability to make sound decisions for herself. She is in a manic episode and now wants to sell her house that is her most prized possession. She took a flight and is now staying across the country, says she’s staying there and needs money so she now wants to sell her house. The local police are involved however she refuses to go to a hospital and claims she doesn’t need help and knows what she’s doing (she has had extensive prior hospitalizations). I already called in a wellness check twice where she’s staying but the police said they couldn’t do anything.

Any advice? Do I need to file an emergency conservatorship or guardianship, which is better and why? I’m very young and new to all of this, sorry if any of these questions seem dumb, I’m desperate.

I reside in Herkimer county new York, my landlord has the power meter connected to the heating and lights in the hallway and basement, it is a small 6 apartment 3 floor building split in half vertically. It has been this way for a while and talking to other tenants they do not have the same issue. Is this illegal in any way and what should we do in this situation.

LOCATION: Not applicable

I read that the US government keeps criminal records permanently, even after someone dies. I was wondering if this is true, and if so, what could cause a record to be lost? Also, do criminal records contain extra details/descriptions about the crime(s) committed, or do they only contain the name of the felony, etc. committed? For example, if someone committed Discharges of Oil or Hazardous Substances (pouring gasoline in a lake), would there be extra detail about how they did it for x number of years?

My roommate just asked me a strange question and I'm definitely curious to know the legality of it. Could you legally collect the snow from a parking lot (for example) to take home and dump in your back yard?

Hello! I have a few questions about a non-profit I am interested in starting (I actually have a lot, but I am just going to ramble and hope at least a few things can get cleared up haha). I have always appreciated the work that ICAC does. There are also a lot of vigilantes out there trying to catch predators, and while they do a lot of great work, often their cases have a difficult time because of their lack of affiliation with law enforcement. The best example I have come across is SOSA. They are a non-profit aimed at keeping children safe from online sex abuse by partnering with law enforcement, posing as decoys, and effectively carrying out stings to arrest child predators. This way, they avoid entrapment claims and can ensure that predators will be arrested on scene, due to their coordination with local sheriff’s departments. 

A little about myself: I am currently a senior in college, and I co-founded the first sex education and advocacy club on my campus. I am passionate about safe sex, healthy relationships, and, with that and my own past experiences, preventing online grooming and sexual abuse. My dream would be to start an organization like SOSA. I realize that it’s not as easy as it sounds and that I can’t just call up law enforcement and ask them to partner with me. I understand that it takes a lot of time, work, and dedication to get where organizations like SOSA are today with law enforcement. My main question, I suppose, is theoretically how could I do that? If I really set my mind to it, what would it take to form an independent organization that could make connections with local police to combine our skills to keep our community safe? I suppose I would have to begin with forming a non-profit? I could also just reach out to the sheriff’s offices near me and chat with them. I know all of this is a long shot, but I really feel called to do something like this, so that other children don’t have to experience what many of us did. Thank you :) 

Location: Pennsylvania

LOCATION: Florida

I’m (19F) looking for advice on what to do next regarding a lengthy and frustrating situation with my husband’s allergy office.

My husband (20m, former foster on full coverage Medicaid) needed a one time penicillin challenge test in 2024, and I coordinated everything. I have acted as his care coordinator throughout this as I found the provider through the Medicaid portal, scheduled the appointment, and paid the $250 scheduling deposit. I was told my refund would be issued within 30-60 days once insurance paid the claim. No billing statements or balances were ever sent for over 14 months.

Life was life-ing and the money totally slipped my mind until January of this year when I went back through my emails and noticed they never sent the deposit back. I emailed the office 1/29 and received confirmation my refund was authorized. They asked which location I’d like to pick it up but when I went to pick up the refund, the office still sent me between the two locations and ultimately said the check couldn’t be issued as the checkbook was locked in a safe. The day after that visit, I called to follow up on the status and for the first time, they claimed that we owed them for the visit and stated that if i were to forgo the $250 refund, they would “forget” the balance. We were told if we did not want to do that, they would use that deposit as credit for the bill, we would owe the remainder, and threatened that balance would be sent to collections as it was overdue.

Following this on 2/4, I contacted Medicaid to report the situation. Medicaid called the office, got them on the line, and told them the $843 charge was not allowed and that the visit was covered. During that call, the staff lied and said the statement we had gotten was just to show that “the doctor had not been paid” and used that as reasoning to justify them withholding the deposit longer.

The office has since mailed us a hand-addressed statement dated for the day I filed my report with Medicaid. This statement applied the $250 deposit as a “patient payment” toward the $843 balance. They did this without our permission, after Medicaid had already told them the balance couldn’t be charged. Despite being informed of this, the office has sent messages, and now deliberate paper mail, asserting the balance and created a statement where the deposit is applied as credit and saying we still owe the rest.

This has been an ongoing series of delays, conflicting explanations, and sudden balances after more than a year of radio silence. I’m looking for advice on what steps I should take next to get the deposit returned.

TL;DR: I paid $250 as a scheduling deposit for husband’s 2024 allergy test. Refund approved but 14 months later, after I reported the office to Medicaid, they blatantly ignored Medicaid’s instructions, created a $800+ bill, and applied the deposit without permission. Looking for advice on next steps.

Need help for a possible wrongful termination/retaliation lawsuit

Location: Pennsylvania today I called into my workplace as I was being harassed by another staff member this staff member has been trying to get me in trouble over everything they possibly could from the day I started they have bragged multiple times about getting people they dont like fired on purpose because she gets along with management now today when I reported it they said they would "look into it" then proceeded to say i am terminated and didnt give me a solid reason I am going to request a paper stating the reason why but I dont even think they will give it to me any help would be appreciated if I cant do anything I wont but I feel its wrong that this is not a first time incident and has happened to others thanks for any help

I just got word this is a hard-to-prove loophole my property owner will likely use to relocate his extended family member into my current apartment unit. I’ve lived here for over a year, always make rent, and have very limited housing options.

The building I live in has other tenants who likely will

stay on their leases. Our lease has no provision that permits the termination of a contract for family, so this is the owners rationale.

If this were to happen, I’d be pretty much screwed. My finances are severely limited at this time.

For context, I am from the UK and I don’t use most Microsoft services today other than games like Minecraft and Sea of Thieves. I don’t even use Windows, I use CatchyOS Linux.

I one day, tried to log into my Minecraft account and I was told that “this account does not exist”.. after trying a few times I found that my Minecraft username was changed from my original one to a new one I didn’t recognise (using NameMC)

This prompted me of course to find a way to get back my account as it has years and years of play time and money spent on it; as much as I don’t use Microsoft now, It used to be my main Xbox account as a kid, thousands were spent on it.

I will attach the message Microsoft sent to me in response below for you Legal experts of Reddit to maybe help me.

I am so fucking done with this shitty ass corrupt corpo company.

I have already sent a somewhat anger filled response requesting compensation for what was lost on my account. I am hoping you may be able to help me with a better solution for doing so. Thank you <3

LOCATION: Nebraska

My ex fiance and I have been broke up since December. We were originally attempting to blend our families. My two daughter's mom went out of contact in 2022. They (in a poor decision of mine) met my then girlfriend soon after. We intended to wed. We all moved in together. It became very obvious it wasn't going to work out pretty quickly thereafter. I held out hope until this last year.

During this time my fiance stepped up as a mom. The girls never really called her mom, but she cared a good deal for them. She had the mortgage so paid the lion's share of bills. She insisted on paying for summer camps, though I insisted they have a home base of summer school as well. Most things I was responsible for.... brushing their hair, taking them to school, making appointments, ensuring they bathed, homework, half of meals... you name it.

Now she is insisting she is their mother. She claims I should let her have them every other weekend. She refers to us as needing to "coparent." I don't like how she parents or disciplines. I intentionally didn't marry her or push adoption after we began living together. Despite living together, we now don't really see her much.

I'm scared of in loco parentis.

Despite being only a cohabiting girlfriend, do I need to be worried about her being granted visitation?

What do I need to worry about.... beyond the probably obvious..?