Legal Question in Family Law in Pennsylvania

I want my boyfriend out

I allowed my boyfriend to move in almost three years ago with the understanding once he graduated college and got a job he would move out. He has graduated, got a job and subsequently quit. He is intentionally making my life miserable and is trying to provoke me into a physical altercation. The residence we share is my home that I own and was purchased prior to us dating. Can I have the police force him to leave? I was told that once a person lives with you for 6 months or more they are considered to have established residency and the police will not intervene...is this true? If so what can I do?


Asked on 9/11/07, 10:26 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Roger Traversa Arjont Group (Law Office of Roger Traversa)

Re: I want my boyfriend out

You asked about moving out an ex-boyfriend.

I really do hope that he is an ex.

I wrote a nice long piece instructing on exactly what to do and then realized you would ignore the most important advice and instead would go ahead and do the other parts.

Hire a local tenant/landlord attorney. There is substantial self-help available to you because you are not actually a landlord and he is certainly not a tenant. Unless he has a lease, he likely has little recourse to measures as drastic as a lockout.

This isn't an easy process and can get messy. You need to have local counsel advise you step by step. You also need to take proper protections against potential threats. The advice you got was wrong to a degree. Police will not help you get him out. But they also will not help him get in if he is locked out.

Hire an attorney and work this matter out properly.

Regards,

Roger

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Answered on 9/12/07, 10:44 am


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