Legal Question in Civil Rights Law in Florida

verbal agreement

i am 22 years old. My mother is 50 years old. She makes a substanial amount of income every year. I am a senior in college now in the state of florida. As of my freshman year in 1999-1999, we have always had a verbal agreement. this included only that as long as i was a full time college student, that I would have free room and board in her house, no matter what the circumstances were. Now, she wants to kick me out of her house on the only count that I smoke legal cigrattes. I am well over four years the legal age to smoke, but she is insisting that I am going to be forced to move out of her house and be on my own, only because I smoke. I told her that she can drink a bottle of wine + a night, but i can smoke about 10 cigs a day? Other than that, I take care of her elderly mother, and take on many responsibilities that are not of my nature willingly. I love my mother and our family that we have left; my father had an affair with my moms best friend of 14 years and now she is my step mother; so what should I do. What legally can i do per that verbal contract, in which i have my sister as a witness to? PLEASE....any info would be greatly appreciated.

sincerely,

KC

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Asked on 9/16/02, 1:09 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Charles Aspinwall Charles S. Aspinwall, J.D., LLC

Re: verbal agreement

Of course you know that this is just one of the multitude of reasons why you should stop smoking. Also, another should not have to risk their health by being exposed to your second-hand smoke. I do not think your verbal agreement is enforceable under the circumstances you describe, because it did not include your 'right' to smoke and an agreement which requires another to sacrifice his/her health is unenforceable in the law. You know what you should do, now do it.

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Answered on 9/16/02, 10:18 am


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