Legal Question in Real Estate Law in New Jersey

We are tenants in a two family house. Downstairs is occupied by a Senior Citizen (and she might be disabled as well). Over the last couple of months she has been cutting our flowers, bagging the heater pipes, harassing our guests, entering our property and stealing our mail and packages. We had no evidence of this (although the police has been called twice so there has been record of that) so the landlord has told does that there was nothing he could do to evict her, since she was a Senior Citizen. We installed a nanny cam and now have her on tape going in our locked mailbox with a knife and taking out letter, she later put them back because they were just junk, so we don't know if she still has all the other stuff (checks, credit cards, my husband SS, packages) that she has stolen. Now that we have evidence of her doing it, we have filed a report at the post office and plan on doing the same at the police station. Can the landlord evict her now? and also, how will this investigation work? will she be notified, therefore have time to get rid of anything of ours she might have in her house?

I know its complex. Thanks in advance! - Lee.


Asked on 4/18/12, 8:09 pm

2 Answers from Attorneys
Robert Davies The Davies Law Firm, P.A.

this will take some planning. she should not be living in an apartment but in some kind of nursing home. call me, we will talk. she needs to be OUT.

Robert Davies, Esq.

201 820 3460

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Answered on 4/18/12, 9:44 pm
Walter LeVine Walter D. LeVine, Esq.

I agree with Bob. It seems she is in need of medical attention and a Court might be sympathetic to this. Does she have family who might be contacted and give her the assistance she needs?

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Answered on 4/19/12, 8:05 am


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