Who is Liable for Damage to My Engagement Ring?

I was school clothes shopping at a mall last year (2013) with my son. We passed a very well-known highly reputable jewelry store. They were offering free cleaning of jewelry/rings. The little girl asked me if she could clean my rings (I have a large aquamarine and diamond pave set engagement ring that has to be steam cleaned/ultra sonic because the stone is chemical sensitive). Anyhow she took the rings and I asked her to also check the stones in case there were loose ones. She said okay and off she went. I was looking around the store waiting when she brought them back to me. As I looked at my engagement ring I noticed two stones were missing from the side pave setting. So after bringing this to her attention, she picked up a jar of cleaner (not meant for my kind of stone/ ring). There were no loose diamonds in the jar, then she went to the ultrasonic cleaner and supposedly could not find anything in there either. After telling her I wanted to talk to the manager, and explaining the story, he asked her if she checked the stones before cleaning them and she said no. Read More …

What Are My Child Custody Rights?

My husband has had full custody of my step-son for the past two years. He will be three-years-old in August. The maternal grandparents took emergency custody when he was six-weeks-old due to the birth mother being in legal trouble. We found out that he was my husband’s son when he was almost five-months-old and had to develop a relationship with him over a six month period before custody could be determined. Read More …