Legal Question in Family Law in Connecticut
Having daughter removed from the house
My daughter turned 18 years old in May. We currently live in CT. I have asked her to leave the house but she refuses to. She is not paying me rent nor do I want her too. We have had numerous issues with her over the last several years and things have gotten bad. When we have called the police for her attacking my wife with a phone(wifes in a wheel chair), she lied to the police about my wife choking her and they arrested both of them. When She started throwing things in our house and I called the police for help, she told them that I had video taped her undressing, 2 Years before. I was never talked to by the police, but detectives looked in to it. She has physically attack and bit me 3 times recently. I am reluctant to call the police now for anything she does as she will only create more stories. I want to protect my family and myself, so I am looking for the best advice on how to have her removed from the house. Does she have a right to legally stay here now that she is 18? Whats the best way to have her removed and protect ourselves?
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Re: Having daughter removed from the house
I believe you have two choices. One is that you could file for a restraining order. You would need to go down to the clerk's office in the superior court where you live and make out an affidavit of abuse. Part of that order, if you are successful, is that she would have to leave the home and stay away from you and your wife.
The second choice (and a good choice if you aren't successful in obtaining the restraining order) is that you can evict her. It doesn't matter that she hasn't paid rent. That has been her home until she turned 18. Now she is an adult and she must be evicted. You would go down to the housing court and file an eviction action.
You could file for both simultaneously (in separate courts). One doesn't really effect the other.
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