Legal Question in Civil Litigation in California
remove unwanted ocupent
my brother and his girlfriend lived with my mother prior to her death last year. we have been trying to get the girlfriend to leave but she refuses. can we change the locks on her and put her stuff on the porch? she does not now or ever has paid any rent.
1 Answer from Attorneys
Re: remove unwanted ocupent
What were the terms of their living with her? Is she still your brother's girlfriend and if you let him stay there why would he allow you to kick her out? Who inherits the house? Until there is a distribution of the assets to the heirs, he owes rent to your mother's estate. Are you in a rent control city? There are numerous questions not posed by you tha need to be answered, including who has been appointed by the court to handle the estate as only that person would have authority to evict anyone. You need to move forward on the probatin go fthe estate and appointment of a representative of the estate in order for any action to occur.