Kicking Daughter's Boyfriend Out

In May of this year my 21-year-old daughter and her infant child came to live at our house in May of this year while her boyfriend was finishing a jail sentence. He was released on parole two weeks ago and came to our home. There was no ill-will or issue with him being here. It was understood, but never wirtten down, that they would remain until he had employment and housing. Things were going well.

Three nights ago, he was drinking, secretly in the garage, then started picking a fight with my 15-year old son. Blah blah blah the police were summoned, he resisted them, drove off and was later stopped and arrested for blah blah blah and parole violation.

Anyway, in the course of this distressing evening, I told him he would have to leave and he said something about having residency here and that I couldn't kick him out. While talking to the police, they said that because my daughter had invited him to stay, he did indeed have residency and I couldn't kick him out.

This makes all the hackles on my I-own-this-house back stand straight up.

Anyone have any advice? He will possibly be released in a couple of weeks, and I want to know as much as I can before then. Advice or links to websites.

I was reading something somewhere about single lodgers in private residences, but there has been no agreement between him and me as far as rent.

Get a restraining order. It should be easy enough given the threats to your son and his criminal record. It should be easy enough to get through the police or through a good criminal lawyer.

Second, kick him out and change the locks. What's he going to do, go to the police? Somehow I don't think they're going to be very sympathetic.

If you want to know what actual "rights" he has, talk to a tenant's lawyer in your area. They should be able to tell you what rights he does have. If you have to pay for a consultation it's probably well worth the money.

To find a good criminal or tenant's lawyer you can try www.legalmatch.com.

Good luck and write back and tell us what happened!

No ill will? Why not? What kind of parent are you? Did you bring up your daughter to consort with, and have children with, criminals? And, what is she doing having a child without being married? Is that the way you reared her?

Where are your concerns? Where are your morals? What is wrong with you?