Legal Question in Real Estate Law in California

First, was your boyfriend convicted of a crime, or just arrested? If he was just arrested and not convicted of one of the offenses set forth in Cal. Civ. Code �798.56(c), then he can continue living in the park until such time as he is actually convicted of one of a very limited series of offenses. Even assuming he is convicted and can no longer live in the park, he still owns the home, and has the right to sell it or remove it from the park - you do not magically obtain title to it by virtue of having paid the park rent, bills and repairs. There is no process that will allow you to take title from him just because he can no longer live in the park. Paying those bills, and maintaining the home is being done by you voluntarily, and would probably be seen as nothing more than rent for continued use of the home that belongs to him.

Now, because you have been together for 12 years, there may be other grounds for a claim to have some ownership interest in the home. Persons who cohabitate for a long enough period of time MAY develop some rights in their cohabitant's property, but that is a question that would have to be answered by a family law attorney, and only after a thorough review of the facts involved. It is impossible to say if you have any right to the home on the basis of having been together that long without a full review of the facts. I would suggest you talk to an attorney in your area who specializes in family law, and more importantly, issues related to unmarried couples and property rights.

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I agree with Mr. Gibbs. You don't acquire ownership by living in and maintaining the mobile home. Even if this were real estate, you would not acquire title by adverse possession because your initial possession was not "adverse," it was by permission or invitation.

I agree with Mr. Gibbs. You don't acquire ownership by living in and maintaining the mobile home. Even if this were real estate, you would not acquire title by adverse possession because your initial possession was not "adverse," it was by permission or invitation.