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Asking for a friend. Senior couple has a 30 something year old son living with them. He’s very bitter about the past. Doesn’t want counseling. Doesn’t make direct threats but stated he will make their life’s a living hell. The psychological effect has been brutal. They don’t want to evict him but life has become intolerable
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Thank you for your question and I am sorry they are having this very negative experience with their adult child.
Your friend's problem is not a legal matter if they do not wish to pursue an eviction, which is their right. If the adult son does not want to seek necessary psychological counseling and they do not wish to evict, I would highly recommend that the parents seek counseling on their own. The goal would be to learn how to deal with the son, negate his ungrateful (and potentially dangerous) threats and perhaps how to recognize his serious emotional issues and how the parents can deal with those issues adult-to-adult.
If they need to protect themselves in the future should the matter escalate to a threatening situation, they should also learn how to secure a restraining order which would have a mandatory removal component requiring the son to leave.
Give them my best wishes
Answered on Mar 03rd, 2021 at 8:06 AM