Legal Question in Family Law in Connecticut

Hi - I have a mother-in-law who had dementia who lives in our in-law apartment - we "hire" her daughter, Lisa, to move in to take care of her - we pay her $300.00 a month, the use of a vehicle in case she needs to run errands, a cell phone, and room and board. We had an issue where the Lisa checked herself into a hospital because she was having depression issues, and seeing as we didn't know when she would be back, we had to get a home healthcare worker to come in and help out with mother-in-law. Lisa finally showed back up 3 days later. We told her because she was unreliable; we had to hire someone else. Well now Lisa is up in arms because she is no longer needed, and we have asked her to move out. She has started causing issues in our house now and we had to call the police today to have her removed from our house. The police wouldn't remove her and told us she had to be evicted. My question is, because she was an "employee" and part of her compensation is room and board, do we have any recourse to get her out of our house without having to go thru an eviction?


Asked on 10/22/10, 5:35 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Linda Subbloie Linda A. Subbloie, Esq.

The problem with this set of circumstances is that you are at the mercy of the local police. Even though Lisa was an employee and part of her compensation was room and board, the police do not want to be a "court of law" so to speak, and remove her because it really does not fall into their jurisdiction.

Unfortunately, the only remedy I see is an eviction.

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Answered on 10/27/10, 3:53 pm


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