QUESTION
Can my father evict my boyfriend without proper cause?
Asked on Feb 28th, 2014 on Civil Litigation - Ohio
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I currently live with my boyfriend in a home owned by my aunt. She moved to WI to live with my parents in mid September. I've been paying the agreed rent on-time (if not early), and both my boyfriend and I have been keeping the home and surrounding property in good condition (lawn care, etc.). I'm currently a college student, and am working 32+ hours a week to afford school, rent, and other expenses. My boyfriend doesn't go to school or work, but fixes computers and sells spare parts online as his primary income. My father is threatening to evict my boyfriend if he doesn't have at least six job applications in by the end of March, or if he doesn't have a job by April first. We have never agreed to any sort of lease (verbal or oral), and haven't caused any other problems.
1 ANSWER
I am not familiar with Ohio law specifically, but in the jurisdictions in which I practice, if you have no written lease, or even a verbal agreement that you can rent for a period of time (it would have to be less than a year to be enforceable) you are a month to month tenant, and the landlord is not required to allow you to stay for longer than that one month period. In practice, however, if your boyfriend didn't leave voluntarily, it would take longer to go through all the proceedings necessary to evict him, but it would eventually get done. What I don't understand is how your father would have the right to evict your boyfriend when he doesn't own the place, your aunt does.
Answered on Feb 28th, 2014 at 1:22 PM