Need Advice, kicking a family member out of your house when

Do you have a lease with her? Does she have any household bills in her name? A tenant is a person who pays to live somewhere. These are things that establish tenancy.

I think tenant rights only apply to paying tenants.

If she pays no rent, she has no tenant rights, and no eviction is needed. In that case, you can make her leave now. You should be able to find information regarding this in your state.

She needs to be gone. Yesterday.

So sorry you are dealing with this - hugs and prayers to you.

Lisa

they have no where else to go.

The background info (sorry, it is VERY long): I own a home with my father. We share the common areas, but have our own bedroom sections. My dad is on one end of the house with his own bathroom, and my son and I are on the other end with our bathroom. We have a basement, not finished.

Almost 4 months ago, my niece (my dad's granddaughter) moved in with us. She had broken up with her boyfriend, lost her job, and had no where else to go. We do not have a spare bedroom. It's a 4 bedroom house, but I used the extra room for my office (I work full time from home, and have to have a office with a closed door as I answer phones)

So that means my niece has been sleeping either on the couch in our living room, or on a futon in the basement. No one is supposed to sleep in basement as it only has one exit, but she does anyways.

She is 22, did not finish high school, and has health problems. She only has one kidney, that functions at a very low percent, and she has very high blood pressure, so she is on medication. She only takes her medication when she feels like it.

When she moved in here, we told her that if she wanted to stay, she had to take GED classes, get her driver's license and get a job and put at least half the money away for an apartment. She also needed to follow some basic rules: Clean up after herself, absolutely no overnight guests (my son is only 12, and I don't want strange men in the house) and no coming and going in the middle of the night as I am a very light sleeper and start work at 7 am.

She has done the exact opposite of everything. She only took 2 GED classes, and won't go to anymore. Hasn't tried to get her license, and has gotten 2 jobs so far, but lost them both after a week, because she shows up late and doesn't wear her uniforms. She has no job now.

She also has not followed any house rules. She makes a mess every night, and leaves food out also. Every morning I get up, the kitchen is a mess, and this morning, for example, there was a whole box of perogies from the freezer, and a container of potato salad sitting out, which we had to throw out. She uses all my bath towels and won't wash any. The basement has her stuff all over the floor. I'm a neat person, I can't stand it.

She comes and goes all night. She gets drunk every day!!! At night she will be outside yelling into her phone. I'm afraid the neighbors are getting pissed (i know I am). She leaves cigarette butts all over our yard (none of us smoke) beer cans, etc. She is a nasty drinker. I mean really nasty. We've gotten in multiple screaming matches. She has called me stupid, a bitch. Been mean to my father. She almost got into a fist fight with him the one night. We had the police bring her back one night because she got into a fight with her boyfriend.

She has also, 2 different times, 2 times each so 4 nights, snuck guys in the house. I've gone in the basement in the morning, and there they are. One guy, got into a fist fight with her afterwards. The other has a felony for domestic violence. We've had kitchen knives go missing too that we know she took, as one we found in her purse.

She also forgets to lock the front door, so all night, with us sleeping my front door is unlocked.

It got so bad, I put a keyed lock on the door to my section of the house. We have a door to a hallway that goes to my sons and my bedroom, office and bathroom. I lock it when we go to bed.

The only reason she is still here is because of my dad. I want her out. I just can't take it anymore. I don't feel safe my son and I are safe with her around. I told him that she either goes, or we can sell the house and my son and I will get her own place (yes that is how bad it is)

Everytime we try to talk to her, she blames us for everything. All her health problem, her being depressed. She was referred to a therapist, but won't go. I think she has other mental problems as well.

My dad had a car for her that he finally sold last week, as he was sick of insuring/registering it (can't keep unplated cars in driveways here). He put the $1,500 away for her so she has enough for a deposit/first months rent on an apartment.

Since she has moved in, I've gone on anxiety medication because I am so upset all the time. My dad has been having chest pains. My son was crying one night when she was screaming, and wanted to know why she just wouldn't leave.

I've told her she needs to be gone by the end of the month. My dad finally agrees with me, as he can't handle the stress of her being here. The problem is, she won't look for an apartment, won't look for another job. She is too interested in getting drunk.  I'm worried when the end of the month comes, he will give in and let her stay.

I'm going to start eviction proceedings if that is the case.

The problem is, how do you handle just kicking out someone with no place to go. My dad is worried about her. I'm worried the emotional part will be very hard on him. I do worry what will happen to her, I think she could end up on the street. At this point though, I feel I have no choice. My son comes first, she is a grown woman.Her dad is a alchoholic as well, and won't be any help. Her mom told us she wouldn't take her, because last time she lived with her she almost had a nervous breakdown.

I need any advice anyone who has btdt can give me.

TIA