From: "TURTLE" 
Newsgroups: misc.consumers.house
Subject: Re: Getting someone to leave the house who won't.  HELP!
Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2004 22:48:18 -0500


"Karyn"  wrote in message
news:1eda8637.0408031755.422064c@posting.google.com...
> Hi,
>   I have a question that I do not know if it is the proper forum for
> or not, however I did not know where else to turn, so I figured that I
> would post and hopefully get direction from someone.  Any help is
> greatly appreciated.
>
>    I own a home here in NJ and recently, begrungenly allowed by son
> and his wife to stay for what was going to be 2 months due to them
> losing their apartment.  We have a marred past due to his past so I
> was hesitant at irst but he assured me it would only be 2 months.
> We'll that was a lie.  It has been 6 months now and he is constantly
> lying about looking for a place and all his wife does is lie on the
> sofa and watch tvland 24/7.  She will not even go out and get a job!
> It has been a real strain on me and the entire family and they have
> basically taken over the downstairs of the house since no one wants to
> be around them.
>
>    I tried to be leniant at first but everytime I ask he says he keeps
> looking but can not find anything.  He even lied and said he was only
> bringing home $350 every 2 weeks working full time at SAMS CLUB.
> Today was the last straw when they said they were going to look but
> spent the entire day sitting on my now ruined couch watching 50 year
> old tv shows on tv-land.
>
> Do I have any legal moves here?  Without any I am afraid they will
> never leave and at my age I can not deal with it.  Any help, please?

This is Turtle.

Go down to the small claims court office and file eviction papers on them. File
it and it will be about 1 to 6 weeks before you get a court date and if the
don't show up or not. They will be served with a 15 day notice to be gone. If
they come back and file a hardship claim at their expence. They can get the 15
days put up to 30 days before they are escorted out by the sheriff office. By
what you have said so far your only choice is to just file and get it over with
or learn to enjoy their presence.

Now if you wanted to go to the HUD housing apartments and get them a apartment
and the rent is based on what you make. If he makes $350.00 every 2 weeks he
would have to pay about $150.00 a month for rent with no electric , gas, or
water bills. Hook him up for he will bite and tell him to take the couch with
him.

Some helpers for sending a message would be cancel the cable service for TV, Put
a lock box on the thermostat to the hvac system and turn it off when you
leave -- if he breaks the lock on the thermostat. File distruction of private
property on him or her and that is grounds for a on the spot eviction from the
house., and last take a small 2 or 3 week vacation to visit friends and
relatives but cut the electric , water, and gas service off to the house while
your gone. If they move out while your gone which they will becauise no dead
beat will live with out air conditioning, water, and  TV / radio / lights /
entertainment. When you come back change the locks and you set.

He really thinks you will not do anything and will push it till you file. If you
file , he will really start looking for another place in a hurry.

TURTLE


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