Quote Quoting adjusterjack
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Assuming that you actually have all the eviction documents in front of you while you wrote your post and, assuming that your BF's name is the only one on the papers then, no, you are not a party to the eviction and can stay until the LL gives you proper written notice that your tenancy is terminated.

Please understand the difference between termination of tenancy notice and eviction.

You wrote that your tenancy is based on an oral agreement, basically month to month.

NC laws requires only a 7 day notice of termination of a month to month tenancy.

https://www.ncleg.net/EnactedLegisla...2/GS_42-14.pdf

Once you are given that notice, you have 7 days to leave. If you are still there when the time is up THEN you get evicted through the courts.

It is a bad idea to have a court eviction on your record because it will make it difficult for you to find decent rentals in the future.

Just so you know, you will still have to pay rent for the monthly rent period until you leave and somebody will have to pay your boyfriend's share of the rent once he is gone.

Thank you! I understand the eviction not being good on my record but I have no other options with two very small children and no where to go until I can find an available place. I have begged her to allow me at least 2 more weeks to find somewhere to go with my kids and she refuses to renew the oral lease with me, she wants us out so her son and his wife can move in so she isn't willing to work with me on it at all. I've offered her the whole monthly rent amount up front for the 2 weeks and that wasn't an option with her. I haven't been given a notice and neither had my bf at first, he got the eviction and had court 3 days later. It's all oral agreements (the only way she will rent, no paperwork) so she just told the magistrate she gave him 7 days notice and that sufficed for the court.

Quote Quoting Mr. Knowitall
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It is not clear from your post whether you are in fact a tenant, or if you were an occupant of premises that were rented by your boyfriend. If you were a tenant, you should be named as a party to the eviction lawsuit. If you were not a tenant, the eviction of your boyfriend as the sole actual tenant would carry over to you as an occupant of his rental unit. Without knowing additional facts, we're not in a position to comment.

If you're truly not sure whether the landlord intends to evict you, speak to the landlord. If you intend to move but need some additional time to find alternative housing, discuss the possibility with the landlord about your staying until (but no longer than) an agreed date and surrendering the unit on that date.
I've researched as much info as I could find and from what I've read, as long as I was paying the Landlord rent directly from my own money I was considered a tenant. We were both there when we paid her to move in. She never said anything differently, she didn't want anything in writing or receipts for rent so she made it super hard on me to do anything legally as I have no proof so I'm grasping at straws at this point to keep a place for my kids to stay warm and dry. My BFs 10 days will be up tomorrow 5-3-18 and he has to go so I was trying to have some kind of answer before she came tomorrow to make sure we were out. As I said to the above response. I'm sure she intends to evict me(I'm assuming she thought we would just go when my bf was evicted and the fact she doesn't even know my name are the reasons why I wasn't listed on the eviction), I spoke with her yesterday when I still hadn't found any place to move yet. I've literally begged her to give me more time, even 2 more weeks(paying her up front for the month) and she said "she's sorry she can't help". "Her son and his children need a place to move as their rent was too high where they were" or some such. I am out of any other options except to hope that she has to do a separate eviction for me to buy a little more time to find somewhere.