Q: What constitutes a tenant or any other form of occupier of a dwelling that requires eviction in Hamilton county TN.....
specicifically: as the son of the homeowner who has been invited to co-habitate a dwelling for an undetermined amount of time & within the constraints of satisfying preliminary qualifying conditions and/or behavior & expectation agreements(contracts)& who has been present long term as a probation serving - direct prison releases' registered address, am i protected as a resident or any other form of right having entity -squater... etc? Are there any actions such as rule imposing by the homeowner upon invited resident or financial and/or labor demands that constitute a tenant, renter or any other right having entity? Are there any other superceeding criteria, such as having a registered mailing listing and collecting mail there, recieving food stamps there as a resident (within full knowledge of homeowner) or time factors, such as a period in time in which an invited resident gains tenant rights or any rights, instead of just being subject to immediate removal without eviction.No lease
A: This question comes up repeatedly. A tenant pays rent, a guest does not. A tenant, if there is no written lease, has a "periodic tenancy" based on how often they pay rent -if they pay weekly, it is a week to week lease, if they pay monthly, it is a month to month lease, etc. On the other hand, a guest is simply there by permission, and permission can be withdrawn at any time. If I allow a door to door salesman to come in and demonstrate his goods, I can ask him to leave at any time. A guest does not acquire rights by virtrue of being allowed to stay there for any length of time. On the other hand, a guest will be allowed a "reasonable time" to get their things and move out and what is reasonable will depend on the particular circumstances of each case.
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