Help! I rented a townhouse in New Jersey a year ago and subletted two of the rooms, one of whom is a deadbeat. I have an oral agreement with the deadbeat as to rent which they are supposed to pay me each month. I already went to court back in January and got them to sign a letter agreeing to pay a large chunk of what was owed back then or else they would agree to leave or pay and stay. Miraculously, they came up with money at the last minute. Old habits soon returned and I went back to court to kick them out. However, a supervisor at the Middlesex County office told me that I really wasn't supposed to be able to kick them out since only the "owner" of the property can do that. She said the judge probably didn't know that I wasn't the owner when he signed the agreement that the deadbeat and I signed.
Now, the deadbeat hasn't paid anything the last few months and I am out big bucks. I want the deadbeat out immediately. Can I try to get a restraining order out on them to kick them out-not sure whether I got bad info from the courthouse or what options I have. I want to find a new paying roommate for September-losing time fast.

