From my own personal experiences, the best legal advice to get is from a local lawyer that knows the local laws.
And from personal experience, I’ve learned the absolute worst thing to do is to surf or ask a forum for advice. It’s great to get moral support, but no one will know the facts like a lawyer from your town.
You cannot pick the best advice offered here, tell your friend, and expect her to run with it, as it could cost her more.
I recently took advice from a forum pertaining to trucking issues. The forum “experts” were completely wrong, had me a nervous wreck until I found out from the DMV the actual rules.
Very thoughtful post, yours. Thanks. I can’t get too involved in this, as I am only a customer, and not a part-owner. But I sure hate to see a situation like this...regulations crushing the American dream.
Yep, talking to a local lawyer seems the best way to go.
“”””I recently took advice from a forum pertaining to trucking issues. The forum “experts” were completely wrong, had me a nervous wreck until I found out from the DMV the actual rules.””””
Every single forum I have ever been on has a few guys that seem to be experts on every subjects. No matter what it is, they know the laws, regulations or how to fix it. Usually they are wrong.
I have read the responses on this thread. Most are completely wrong. I have been dealing with codes and building inspectors for 40 years. I would not even venture a guess on this subject because I do not know any of the details.
Free advice is seldom worth it.