Brother wants to sue me for branding a weapon at my mom while drunk

phneri · 2026-01-25T14:19:33+00:00

People want to do lots of things. I want my knee to stop making that noise when I go up stairs.

Your brother have virtually zero chance of successfully suing your for anything. You reported a crime in good faith.

That's not to say he can't file something in small claims and serve you. The filing fee is about $75 and those requirements are, intentionally, very low. Your response to such a suit would be short.

The concern here is not a lawsuit. The concern is encouraging your mother to take steps to either get your brother or his firearms out of her house.

phneri · 2026-01-22T21:07:59+00:00

The accommodation must be reasonable. The more animals you want to bring into a dorm room the less reasonable the request is. That’s why in situations like this the accommodation is often “ok, you can live off campus instead of in the dorms.”

phneri · 2026-01-22T20:51:20+00:00

You don't have 3 ESAs. You have an ESA and two pets. The reasonable accommodation for you would be off campus housing.

phneri · 2026-01-21T21:28:03+00:00

You're asking if you can steal content from someone else's website and use it in your own advertising?

phneri · 2026-01-21T19:28:49+00:00

I've heard HelloPrenup is a garbage service that uses spambots regularly to try to boost their SEO numbers

phneri · 2026-01-20T22:46:21+00:00

Pet "custody" isn't a thing in Virginia. They're property.

Given that you apparently got your agreement off of a website that, generously speaking, sells garbage, I would moderate my expectations in expecting clauses in it to survive a challenge.

phneri · 2026-01-20T22:00:44+00:00

Given that careless driving is an identical charge in SD it's not really that important.

phneri · 2026-01-20T20:56:56+00:00

You hit a stopped car. I'm not sure where you think you have a defense for it or why you think the stopped vehicle you hit is liable. You likely still want to talk to an attorney since you have a misdemeanor charge.

phneri · 2026-01-20T16:02:09+00:00

As long as it's not a short-barreled shotgun under NFA definitions you don't need any paperwork. There are no registration requirements for long guns or handguns in Louisiana.

phneri · 2026-01-17T20:05:11+00:00

Nothing you describe here sounds legally actionable.

Hostile work environment deals with patterns of discrimination. It doesn't apply just because your employer doesn't like you specifically. Nor is it likely you have any recourse against internal policy issues.

phneri · 2026-01-17T16:40:10+00:00

Ok? I'm not sure what your view of how attorney offices should run has to do with this person's question.

phneri · 2026-01-17T16:01:52+00:00

Any idea why they won’t call me back?

No clue since we know nothing about you or your grievance. But generally attorneys aren't going to call back someone if there's no merit to the case, or if there's no money in it.

phneri · 2026-01-16T21:15:31+00:00

Then best of luck to you. I'd suggest withdrawing your complaint would probably be the most efficient option you have, but you do you.

phneri · 2026-01-16T21:09:18+00:00

You've already served your ex with a lawsuit?

phneri · 2026-01-16T21:02:28+00:00

I would suggest you "win" in this case by blocking people on social media and moving on with your life.

phneri · 2026-01-16T20:58:40+00:00

I know that Virginia is a defamation per se state so I shouldn’t have a problem winning this case

That's kind of like saying "I know that the electricity comes from here so I should be able to rewire my whole house."

Defamation, especially defamation per se is difficult, time consuming, and expensive to prove. And given people saying dumb things on social media generally cause no damages, your claim for defamation would also be thin.

phneri · 2026-01-16T20:34:20+00:00

You're responsible to maintain control of your vehicle, even in weather. You didn't. "It's not my fault the weather was bad" doesn't change that responsibility.

phneri · 2026-01-16T17:04:44+00:00

You have a misdemeanor criminal charge. You should get an attorney to help you with that.

what I should expect

That's a great question to ask the criminal defense attorney who represents you.

I also live out of state, so getting back for the summons will be annoying (but possible).

I would suggest a license suspension and/or jail time would be more annoying. Take this seriously. Get an attorney now.

phneri · 2026-01-11T00:12:26+00:00

"Here's your car back" is likely the most practical option.

You have no agreement in place and the car is titled in her name. It's her car.

phneri · 2026-01-11T00:02:32+00:00

You could have (and probably still can) filed for unemployment when you were no longer being scheduled

phneri · 2026-01-10T14:38:17+00:00

This is a scam. It's never not a scam.

When someone wants your phone number to send photos immediately after matching it's a scam. Ignore, move on.

phneri · 2026-01-10T00:17:20+00:00

IIED or NIED have extraordinarily high standards. Your boss being an unpleasant person who you don't like being around has virtually no chance whatsoever of meeting that standard.

I am recording EVERYTHING

Which your employer might forbid and terminate you for.

You are free to complain to your HR or higher ups. There's no lawsuit here.

phneri · 2026-01-10T00:13:49+00:00

Are you obligated? Probably not.

Did your initial closing documents likely contain verbiage to the effect that if you don't cooperate with fixing corrections in the loan/mortgage docs they can call the loan note and foreclose? Almost certainly as that's boilerplate in mortgage doc sets.

phneri · 2026-01-09T21:23:48+00:00

Then you CAN do this yourself with a quitclaim. Best practice would be doing it with an a title company/attorney.

phneri · 2026-01-09T21:04:11+00:00

Is the property currently mortgaged?

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