Law & Ethics - February 2007

I just Googled my name and found out I have an upcoming court date because my daughter's mom is trying to legally change my daughter's last name. Had I not Googled my name, surely I wouldv'e lost by default. How can she think she can just change her name, is she smoking crack?

Here's the deal. I've been denied visitation for almost 7 years and I have a court order allowing me visitation, well that was 7 years ago. I pay my child support. Her mom is in contempt of court but who's going to enforce it?

I love my daughter and think about her often. I'm getting screwed here and it sucks! If i were a criminal, i'd get a public defender. I can't afford a lawyer for this. What a great legal system we have. What a joke.

2007-02-23 08:27:51 · 8 answers · asked by unruly_1 2

2007-02-23 08:26:59 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-02-23 08:24:55 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

If a person sends messages to a minor through the internet and is convicted with Felonious Activity with a minor, should he or she have to pay $5000 and spend 3-9 years in jail?

Or is there already a law like this?
Would this law work? Why/why not?

2007-02-23 08:24:00 · 4 answers · asked by Tanvika 2

2007-02-23 08:19:52 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

I work for an Indian tribe in Oklahoma, co-workers and my boss are constantly rude to me and treat me like an outsider. In the past two weeks, I have been yelled at and cursed at. This harrassment started in October and has escalated to the point where I take two anti-depressants. With this little information I have provided, does anyone think I have a case? Do I need to provide more details?

2007-02-23 08:17:27 · 9 answers · asked by Mary M 2

I am new to filing taxes and a friend told me a website where I can file online. I am a student with no dependents, or any other special cases. I worked at Target part time while in school and I expected a refund. When I filled out the forms online (I haven't submitted it yet) it calculated my refund as I went along, and at the end, I was refunded my federal and state taxes, but not social security and medicare. I filed last year, but I don't remember if I got social security and medicare back or not because i didn't work much in 2005 so my refund was meager. Am I supposed to get that money back in my refund? The reason I am concerned is because they took out a LOT of money for social security!

2007-02-23 08:12:02 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

My favorite was "prison pizza". Its where you take the brown paper bag your commencary came in. spread it out on the table. take cheez-its, crunch them all up. then take the burritos from lunch you won/took off of other inmates. and mix both of those up. then you make a nice flat pie on the paper bag. top it w/ a ramen noodles package seasoning. that was yummy as hell!

2007-02-23 08:10:42 · 4 answers · asked by Rev. Justin G 3

2007-02-23 08:08:17 · 1 answers · asked by chris c 1

Isn't that a bit ridiculous? They are trying to make it illegal for parents to spank their children.. what the hell? Children are going to be spoiled annoying little brats..They will intentionally try to make their parents mad so they can spank them and the child can turn them in..Is this proposal only in california?

2007-02-23 08:05:54 · 12 answers · asked by Hazel-Iris 2

2007-02-23 08:05:49 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

My 15 year old son works part time at a funeral home after school. He washes the windows, vacuums, dusts, etc… Yesterday my son another young employee decided to start fooling around and in a moment of non-brilliance, my son got inside one of the showroom coffins. The other boy shuts the top and cranks the air tight seal closed. From what I understand now, these coffins do not "re-open", once sealed that is it. Anyway between my son scratching, clawing, kicking the inside of the coffin and the boy on the outside using screwdrivers, sledgehammer & crowbar to pry open the coffin it is completely destroyed. The parlor owner now wants the other boy's parents and myself to pay for this $7,000 coffin. Doesn't the funeral parlor have insurance for such damage? Had they not destroyed the coffin my son would have suffocated in there.

2007-02-23 07:55:25 · 13 answers · asked by Billy Jack H 1

important to you?

2007-02-23 07:44:53 · 3 answers · asked by vasavasa2006 2

I know someone that threatens alot of people and i want to know how much trouble will he get in if i report him to the police,witch I might do because he threatend me.

2007-02-23 07:42:50 · 4 answers · asked by Sexy bitch 1

How long before she dies of an accidental overdose of Tyenol?
Or SIDS?

2007-02-23 07:40:27 · 15 answers · asked by Indiana Jones 6

2007-02-23 07:33:05 · 1 answers · asked by ahoghill 1

I live in indiana and i want to know if theratening to beat-up someone is illegal because im wasnt for sure? but someone is theratening to beat up a 13 year old i know. So what actions can i take?

2007-02-23 07:32:30 · 15 answers · asked by Sexy bitch 1

2007-02-23 07:27:47 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

The story:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070223/ap_on_re_us/airport_x_ray_screening

The part tagged as utter lie:

"It's 100 percent voluntary, so if the passenger doesn't feel comfortable with it the passenger doesn't have to go through it," Melendez said.

Melendez declined to discuss the
TSA's method for determining which passengers are selected for secondary screening.

| I mean, when have you been able to opt out of any TSA procedure?

2007-02-23 07:27:19 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

am i allowed to take more time with my baby, will i get paid for that time. Can i use disability during the time im not getting paid

2007-02-23 07:19:50 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-02-23 07:17:59 · 6 answers · asked by justamom 1

I was wondering what people thought about this and what I should do, if anything, about it.

I work for a small business. Literally. There is only me and the boss now, with the occasional 18 year old girl that comes in to help a few days a week. He is very vulgar and makes a lot of sexual comments, he said something to the 18 year old girl the other day, "well come on brittany, I'd rather be sued for sexual harassment than be ignored." And he wasn't even saying it to me and I felt uncomfortable.
Throughout the course of my employment here (7 months) I have had paychecks bounce, so now I go and get them cashed. The problem is, there have been at least 8 or 9 times when I cannot get them cashed due to insufficient funds. We have had our power turned off and our phone lines turned off because of it. All of our phone calls are on the basis of him not paying his bills.
I am in the process of almost having a better job, but I can't leave until I am positive.
What would you do?

2007-02-23 07:17:02 · 5 answers · asked by toonlink 5

The terrorists at Gutanamo Bay are all guilty- If not, they wouldnt be there.They do NOT have the right to challenge their arrest, or demand trials. What they deserve is to rot in jail for life, or face execution. Liberals need to remember, these terrorst scum murdered 3000 Americans on 9/11, and they continue to shoot US soldiers. To suggest they should be allowed to challenge thier arrest, or sue the government would be alloting them power- it would be a threat to freedom. Personally, I think the terrorists at Guatnamo Bay should not be kept alive- all should be executed, so terrorists in Iraq will see what will happen to their kind- and the'll then be teeerified at the cery thohgt of attacking us again....If somehow a terrorist is able to get a lwyer to challenge his arrest, that laweyer should face arrest, and his firm closed down.
TERRORISTS HAVE NO RIGHTS
To give the rights such as so called 'due process' would be a threat to freedom.
How can moonbat liberals not see this

2007-02-23 07:07:13 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

for instance in a court of law?

2007-02-23 06:52:35 · 5 answers · asked by donkinggg 1

Smoking is a right, and by no means should be impeded upon by the government. What do you think, do you agree with it or disagree?

2007-02-23 06:42:19 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

Been renting 7yrs. Timely payments. House has ice on inside of windows. Have to wear hats/gloves inside. Landlord said would fix, then said we have to move out. Housing inspector came, waiting for paperwork. What do I do if house is condemned? Do I have to let landlord/repairmen in if I'm being evicted? Rent is coming up, do I pay? Escrow? What do I do if eviction will leave me homeless? Spent all money on extremely high heating costs that went out faulty windows/doors. Landlord supposed to do walk-thru once yr p/lease, never did.

2007-02-23 06:41:24 · 7 answers · asked by Scorpio40 1

If abortion is compassionate because it spares an unborn child a life of misery because its parents cannot or will not take care of it, why does the same logic not apply to newborns?

If the pro-choice crowd is not willing to go for this, aren't they being hypocritical?

Don't assume you know my views. Check my other open question.

2007-02-23 06:36:56 · 25 answers · asked by American citizen and taxpayer 7

Why do spammers repeatedly tell you that you won their lottery when they should know that it is illegal in the US to take money from such things?

2007-02-23 06:36:02 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

Why are these people allowed to get away with stealing the identity of a dead infant and allowed to establish a legal social security number in the dead infants name and no one wants to do anything about it? Why don't service providers (ATT Verizon electrical companies) require positive proof of identity before accounts are allowed to be opened.

Having been defrauded by the situation described, I am not afforded the protection the criminal is.

2007-02-23 06:34:43 · 3 answers · asked by Boo baby 1

is it right or wrong? what does the Bible have to say?

2007-02-23 06:31:40 · 13 answers · asked by cheer_grl23 2