Legal Question in Landlord & Tenant Law in Ohio

If you have an oral agreement for the payment of rent, then the 3 day notice process should work. You must be sure that the notice is in the proper form, and is served properly, then wait the correct amount of time before filing an eviction complaint (called a FED in Ohio for Forcible Entry Detainer action). If however, there was no oral agreement for rent, then you need to do a 30 day notice (and serve properly). If you don't do the notice correctly, then everything that follows can be deemed a nullity... In short, spend the money to get an attorney that is local to the court where you can file. The legal fees for evictions are usually very reasonable (attorneys here charge @ $350 for the entire case, and some charge much less than that). If your boyfriend's family is knowledgeable about the process, then not strictly complying with the law can result in your losing the case. This means you'd lose the filing fee, and have to start over. So, do it right the first time.