Legal Question in Landlord & Tenant Law in Georgia

I am renting my house to 3 tenants. My adult son, his female friend, and the female friend's boyfriend along with two children (one hers, one his). The couple has broken up and the boyfriend is without a job, so his ex-girlfriend is having to pay her share and his share of the bills. This man is telling her he refuses to leave because he's legally on the lease and doesn't have to leave. The lease does not specify which tenant is responsible for what portion. I've heard him drunkenly yelling at her on the phone when she pleads with him to go because the house is a war zone and he isn't paying anything. She has offered to leave because she wants out, but I'm not comfortable renting to an unemployed alcoholic with my teenage son living in the basement apartment. Is there a way I can evict just him? Or terminate the entire lease and make a new one without him on?

Asked on 9/07/16, 9:05 am

Glenn M. Lyon, Esq. MacGREGOR LYON, LLC, Business Attorneys

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Yes, a landlord may evict just one of multiple tenants if the tenant has breached the lease and the landlord follows the rules of eviction.

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Answered on 9/07/16, 9:08 am

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