''squatter'' eviction
My 19 yrold daughter's boyfriend has been staying at our house. We had an altercation this weekend where I had to call police, and he fled the premises. They (police) informed me that I could not lock him out and that he would legally be allowed back into the house because he is a squatter (he doesn't pay rent.) Is it assumed that he has a 30 day tenency? And is that the form I should serve him in order to evict him?
Re: ''squatter'' eviction
The police were not telling you the law but whether they would enforce the law. It is questionable whether there is any such thing as a squatter in California. Your merely sitting on a piece of property gives you no rights to that property; can a person staging a sit in claim he can not be removed by the police for trespass because he has squatter's rights!
My feeling is that you could just kick him out, but you have been indirectly told that the police will likely not do anything to help you. If he threatened physical force against you that is an assault and you can give him a three day notice [you can get the form off the internet]. Since you do not know where he is, pin it up on the door of the room he stayed in and some outside door that your neighbors willnot be able to see what the notice says. If he comes back, tel him you will go to court to have him evicted.
Now, of course, the problem with all this legal advise is that your daughter will then run off with him if she fnds out what you did, so you have to try to convince her that he has abandoned her and all he cared for was to get free room and board and sex and not her.
Good luck.
Re: ''squatter'' eviction
The police were not telling you the law but whether they would enforce the law. It is questionable whether there is any such thing as a squatter in California. Your merely sitting on a piece of property gives you no rights to that property; can a person staging a sit in claim he can not be removed by the police for trespass because he has squatter's rights!
My feeling is that you could just kick him out, but you have been indirectly told that the police will likely not do anything to help you. If he threatened physical force against you that is an assault and you can give him a three day notice [you can get the form off the internet]. Since you do not know where he is, pin it up on the door of the room he stayed in and some outside door that your neighbors willnot be able to see what the notice says. If he comes back, tel him you will go to court to have him evicted.
Now, of course, the problem with all this legal advise is that your daughter will then run off with him if she fnds out what you did, so you have to try to convince her that he has abandoned her and all he cared for was to get free room and board and sex and not her.
Good luck.
Re: ''squatter'' eviction
The police were not telling you the law but whether they would enforce the law. It is questionable whether there is any such thing as a squatter in California. Your merely sitting on a piece of property gives you no rights to that property; can a person staging a sit in claim he can not be removed by the police for trespass because he has squatter's rights!
My feeling is that you could just kick him out, but you have been indirectly told that the police will likely not do anything to help you. If he threatened physical force against you that is an assault and you can give him a three day notice [you can get the form off the internet]. Since you do not know where he is, pin it up on the door of the room he stayed in and some outside door that your neighbors willnot be able to see what the notice says. If he comes back, tel him you will go to court to have him evicted.
Now, of course, the problem with all this legal advise is that your daughter will then run off with him if she fnds out what you did, so you have to try to convince her that he has abandoned her and all he cared for was to get free room and board and sex and not her.
Good luck.
