Legal Question in Landlord & Tenant Law in California
Renter's Rights
My father owns the house in which I have lived for the last 20 years. I have paid rent up until I suffered a work injury in 2005. I was on worker's comp and not on disability. Due to the lack of financial means to pay the rent, my father agreed to 'no rent payment' until I am financially able to pay rent. I told my dad that I would pay him back rent some how. My youngest daughter has lived with me on and off; she is almost 24. I asked her to leave once before because of thievery and other undesirable lifestyle choices. She was evicted from her apartment in February. I told her that she could stay here for only a couple of weeks until she finds another place. She quit her job and refused to get another job while I supported her for five months. My daughter has never contributed to any household expenses. She finally got a job last month but has refused to alter her undesirable behavior. After several warnings, I kicked her out today. She told her grandpa (my father) that I kicked her out. He called and told me she doesn't have to leave and I told him that she is not going to stay with me. He told me to leave. What are my rights? How many days do I have
before I need to leave because I will insist to be legally evicted?
2 Answers from Attorneys
Re: Renter's Rights
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Re: Renter's Rights
You are probably what the law would consider a tenant at will. In such a case, you are entitled to 30 days notice. If you want more time, you could spend thousands of dollars on an attorney and be able to potentially increase that time by one or two months. But then there would be an unlawful detainer on a credit report for landlords, almost no one would lease to you, and you could have to pay a premium price to lease a place.
Why don't you take the thousands of dollars and spend it on moving out? That would solve all you problems. Of course, if you don't have any money and cannot afford an attorney and cannot afford to move or pay rent, then you do not have a legal question.
Instead, your question would be a social and charitiable services one. In which case you would need to be asking your questions to the local mission or homeless shelter.
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