Legal Question in Real Estate Law in California

Re: Housing eviction because of a 15 year old girl

I cannot answer on the facts given. If there is a month-to-month tenancy, unless you live

in one of the few places with eviction control, the owner can evict you without any reason on 30-days

notice. The eviction cannot be on a prohibited basis, but I don't know if a belief that the

15-year old is "the devil" constitutes discrimination on the basis of family size, sex, marital

status, race, religion, or other prohibited categories.

If you have a written lease, then I doubt that being the devil is alone reason to forfeit the

lease. If the girl has become a nuisance, her conduct may constitute cause.

Jed Somit

Jed Somit, Attorney at Law

1440 Broadway - Suite 910