Will management do an eviction against me?

Question

I have decided that I will tell my husband that if he does not get (and keep) a job he and his mother will have to move out.

I got our house after we married then the two of them moved in from another state. Before they moved he was not working but she was working a temp job which she had for about a month or two. It was the understanding that the three of us would work once they got here, but soon after they arrived she told me she intended on being retired (shes 65) and he said since he is an aspiring athlete in training he didn't have the energy to work also. I couldn't be mad at her because she is paying the utilities with here social security and besides she and I never actually discussed her working, I just thought he and she had discussed it. I have told my husband that I am stressed out because I don't make nearly enough to pay the rent and other bills including my cellphone (neither of them have one) and putting gas in the car. I have told him I need him to work, but each time it ends in an argument. So I have decided to give him a choice, he works he stays, he doesn't work he doesn't stay.

I have already talked to the landlord and told them to be prepared for us to leave at the end of September, because my husband does not do ultimatums. My name is on the lease I am the only one who signed it, but my husband and mother-in-law are both listed as occupants. If they refuse to leave after I leave at the end of September can the management company sue me?

Answer 1

If they are listed only as occupants, they must leave when you leave. They could however, turn in the leasing application, and then be on their own lease, but with one collecting SS every month, and the other not working it isn't likily they will be able to stay with their own lease

Next time, I suggest having all occupant sign the lease, this way, each of you is responsible for only a fraction of the rent, and will not be targeted if someone cannot pay.  Good Luck!

Answer 2

.   You really need to contact judgejudy.com.  Judge Judy would roast your husband on tv.  She would make him move out and pay you for all the unpaid rent since he moved in.

Give the landlord a formal written notice that you are moving. Give written copies to both your husband and his mom. Be very formal.  can you afford to pay for a motel room for them?  How about the first month on their next place?  You don't owe it to them but this could keep your stress level down.

Make sure that you meet the landlord in person for the final walk-thru. You need to get something in writing that says it is clean any you get your deposit back.  Demand this.

Answer 3

Since you signed a lease, the management company may sue you.  They took a chance in trusting you with a valuable piece of property, and they will suffer a big loss if the house is empty.  They have a right to the agreed rent.

Your husband doesn't do ultimatums?  It sounds like you are right to give him the ultimate ultimatum -- telling the goldbricker to get a job, or the both of them to GET OUT.

Answer 4

That depends on local laws so unless someone knows all the laws we can't reply. I own two rental units that sit on opposite sides of a street. I could sue you if you lived in one but not the other because the cities border is the street.

Answer 5

Yes, you can be sued if they remain behind. You are the only tenant and are responsible to take all of your occupants with you when you vacate.

If they stay, the landlord has to file for eviction and you (as the legal tenant) will be named in the suit.

Answer 6

You can evict your mother-in-law, but not your husband.

You cannot evict a legal spouse without going through a divorce court.

He doesn't have to leave if he doesn't want to...and someone will be QUICK to point that out to him.

Yes, the management company can sue you for breach of the lease.  Marital problems are something they don't have to foot the bill for.