A visitor has been staying at my house for 14 months! does she have ownership rights?
916278
Give them a rent book, visitors shouldn't be staying that long. If they object show them the door. Your visitor is probably using your gas, electric, water and if they are using that then in theory they should be billed for half of it. You might wanna take advice from a lawyer too. See what the visitors rights and your rights are. Personally I feel you are being taken for a ride with this one. When they arrived they probably had no intentions of moving on quickly. Now you must put your foot down and say if you stay you pay. My bet is they will be gone by the morning!
682242
Well, in a case like this, dump her crap outside and change the locks while she's gone.\n\nBut I would suggest a good, long talk about what is acceptable first.
1074147
Start out by reporting her for disturbing the peace. Do it every time she starts screaming at you. If they won't come out and do anything about it, this is what you do. Go to the Police Dept during regular business hours and file a complaint regarding lack of response on your problem. Tell them that you feel threatened by this woman. Keep a journal of every time you call and everything she does. Write down dates and times for everything. After you have several calls down and several incidents recorded, go to your city or county courthouse and ask the clerk of court about filing for a protection order. A protection order says that she can no longer attempt to communicate with you in any way. She can still yell at your husband or guests, but not you. Once you are at that level, go to your apartment managers again with copies of all this information. Still can't get rid of her? Take your info to an attorney for civil matters. You may have a nice case for a lawsuit. You may also want to have your husband file for a protection order as well. Hopefully you get a good repsonse from the police and she starts getting tickets for disturbing the peace. Do you know her name? You can check with the county courthouse and get her criminal record if she has one. Check with them and see what they will charge you for the information. In my area it's ten dollars for anybody's info. Build up and save your evidence and you should see her going bye bye, before long. If I can be of any further assistance, let me know.
717002
Present her another check - along w/ a prepared receipt for her signature....It's now Nov 29 - that's 28 days of late fees, ouch!!!\n\nYou can't prove that you paid and she can't prove that you didn't.\n\nYou need to pay her ALL back rent & late fees and so she has no cause to start the eviction process......AND then, you can fight to get your late fees back.\n\nOr pay her Nov rent w/ a certified letter stating why you are not paying the late fees as well......And ask that she acknowledge in writing that you owe or don't owe the fees...You can have the judge settle that dispute too!\n\nSmall claims courts are for landlord/tenant disputes....Send a demand letter to her for the return of your late fees w/in 10 business days....On the morning on the 11th Day go to Court and request a hearing date - then serve her via process server and mail\n\nDO ALL this if and only if you can prove your position....A good argument would be if you've paid previous months on time as instructed.\n\nI evicted a tenant w/out lawyers and while intimidating, the process is really tenant friendly....google your state and landlord/tenant laws and find out what your options are.....\n\nAlso, in some states, late fees can only be charged if they are "reasonable".....it's not defined in the statutes what "reasonable" is.....other states prohibit late fees if they are not specified in the lease.......FIND OUT - BE an informed tenant.
517383
No. However, you are not responsible for the upkeep. Tell your landlady that you will no longer be held liable.
883231
Time to get serious about the situation.  You have a contract and she has voided the contract with the bad check so she is out.  Did she tell you in advance about the bank problem?  If no then she is a con-artist and she will promise to pay in a few days and there will always be delays, stories etc.  She is bad news and you don't need to support her.   Kick her out asap and let someone else be duped by her.  Trust me I am in a similar business and I have heard every sort of excuse and sob story.  Don't give her any more time.  Go through a legal avenue so you son't have to listen to her stories first hand and fel sorry for her.  The next landlord will get the same bad business.
500447
Nothing the owner has the right to sell her house whenever and to whomever she wants. If you didn't want to move before, why do you want to now? I would contact the current landlord and make sure that the terms of your current lease are still valid, and just continue on like before. Now if she is trying to change the terms and increase the rent then I could understand your having a problem, but as it stands why go through the expense of moving if you don't  have to. Now if she is suggesting you move for one reason or another then your lease can be considered broken and they would forfeit the right to any monies owed.
338611
Because it's likely in the lease. Rent might be different if more people were living there. I know that if I'm to have a guest for more than 2 weeks I need to inform my landlord and get their permission.
887408
If your roommate gave you a 30 day notice 10/22 she is still responsible for rent thru 11/22. She is still considered a tenant until the 22 you can be nice and pro rate the rent for the 22 days.  Please do not throw her stuff to the curb, you would be responsible for it if it went to court.  Good Luck KG
373627
It depends how the egress was granted.  You must allow them, but that doesn't mean you must allow people other then them depending on how the egress was worded.  Without that it's sort of hard to determine what "rights" she was granted.
971876
technically, landlords have the right to come in to your home/room whenever they please.  I am not sure what you can do.
1154566
There is no other way except the direct way. Tell her in no uncertain terms that she should not come over uninvited, nor call you anymore, as this is an invasion of privacy. What I am saying is harsh , but this woman has to be told the truth in words she can understand. It seems like etiquette isn't bgetting you any results in resolving this matter. Good luck.
87381
Are you crazy!  You have no choice but to sack her.  It is theft as well as just plain dishonest.  If you keep her on your staff You are reflecting a belief that you condone such activities.
969264
California is not a common-law marriage state; nor is it a palimony jurisdiction.\n\nUnless there is something you haven't said it's hard to see a basis for her claim. If she did, contrary to what seems to have been the case, make contributions towards payment on the house or mortgage, she may have some sort of claim. Otherwise she is blowing smoke.
545993
If I were you, I would comply and ask.  Just go over there and visit to start with.  Surely her parents aren't that strict that she can't have "friends" over.  The more they see of you I'm sure the more comfortable they will be.  Also from what you described, she appears to be the oldest.  Most parents are protective of their first born.  They will eventually have to cut the apron strings.  Be brave, if you don't step up and do this, someone else will.
687751
Can you give any more information about where you stay. The law and the help available will vary from place to place. For example, in Scotland, personal care costs - the cost of feeding, washing, dressing etc are met by the state. The other "hotel costs" which are basically the bill for the accommodation, the food bill etc are not. In England, personal care costs are not met by the state. If money must be found to met the costs of her care, it is likely that you could be forced to sell your home to liquidate her share of the assets.
1099859
This is a tough situation and there is no really good solution.\n\nRemember that what someone can "legally" do is not really a practical limit on what they may actually do. Worse still, you can have all sorts of legal rights but if the only way to exercise them is to go to court then the solution may be worse than the problem.\n\nThe only thing is really to get the stuff out right now. If the apartment is in the other person's name then she's not going to get any immediate help from the legal system.\n\nEDIT: From another question that you posted I'm now unsure if this is a room mate situation or a landlord-tenant case. Please clarify. It affects the answer.