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    Default Violent, Non-Rent Paying Tenant Not On Lease

    My question involves a roommate in the State of: Ohio

    My cousin began staying with my mother recently. He and his girlfriend were evicted from their previous residence and needed somewhere to stay for "about a week." It has been two weeks now and he refuses to leave and has also become violent with my mother recently. The police were called and said that they "Could not do anything about it because he has been there for two weeks and has brought food into the house."

    He has paid no rent to my mother and the food that was brought into the house was his.

    My mother's landlord told her she had a week to get him out or she would be evicted. My mother is very much afraid of my cousin and does not know what to do. Any advice would be appreciated.

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    Default Re: Violent, Non-Rent Paying Tenant Not On Lease

    What the police are basically saying is that they believe he has established residency there and so they are going to stay out of the tenancy issue because it's a civil matter. To your mom, that means she is in the position of his landlord, and he is her tenant - even if he didn't sign a lease or ever pay a penny of rent. If she wants him gone and he won't go willingly, she'll have to file a suit in court to have him evicted. This is going to take at least a month just due to the steps involved.

    You can find a good outline of the process in Ohio at
    http://www.ci.lakewood.oh.us/law_tenantlaw.html


    If she is fearful for her safety, she can go down to the courthouse and request a restraining order. At least that would bar him from returning while she goes through the eviction filings and procedures.

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