Legal Question in Landlord & Tenant Law in California

dispute with landlord

My son is renting an apartment in the Los Angeles area. His fiancee wants to move in his apartmenet. The apartment mgmt said that her name would have to be added to the leasse and did a credit report which resulted in a low credit score. They will not allow her to live in the apartment and are limiting her stay for only 12 days, citing a Califiornia law, even though my son does not see that listed in the lease.They will not allow my son to terminate his lease early, it ends November 22. Is the landlord allowed by law to restrict the amount of days she can stay in the apartment,or disallow her from living there for the remainder of the lease? Is this grounds for eviction if she stays there until the end of the lease?


Asked on 9/01/06, 10:08 pm

2 Answers from Attorneys
Randy Schlosser Law Office of RM Schlosser

Re: dispute with landlord

YES!! If she is worth bad credit for 10 years, higher deposit fees and all the other things associated with having an eviction, he can allow her to stay.

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Answered on 9/02/06, 6:14 pm
Philip Iadevaia Law Offices of Philip A. Iadevaia

Re: dispute with landlord

The LL cannot refuse to allow someone to live with your son, especially his fiance, without a reasonable grounds. A low credit score is not, to me reasonable, because your son is the named party on the lease. The LL is adequately covered and no amount of complaining about a low credit score of the fiance is enough to relieve the LL of its duty to act in good faith. If you like, fax a copy of the lease to me and I'll review it. Contact me on 09/05. Good luck

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Answered on 9/01/06, 10:30 pm


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