Q: What options do I have?
A friend of mine owns his home and has let me and my kids live there for the last 4 years and all the sudden at the begging of december he tells us we have to move out by the 3rd of Jan. Because he wants to go on vacation to his sisters in california. Can he do that??? What are my options?
A: It depends upon whether you pay, or ever agreed to pay, rent and thus have a landlord-tenant relationship with the owner. If so, you have all the rights of a tenant meaning he cannot remove you without providing at least 60 days prior written notice and then, if you have not vacated, he has to go to court to seek an eviction. If you are not a tenant and there is no landlord-tenant relationship between you, he does not have to provide you any advanced written notice but he does have to go to court and seek to eject you. That process can take many months if you actively oppose it. Either way, he can legally get rid of you eventually, but not by January 3rd. Questions? Review it all with a local landlord-tenant attorney.
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