Q: I let my ex wife move in to my spare room in hard times. How can I evict her?
My ex wife was going through a rough time and I let her move in to help. Since she moved in I have holes in the walls my personal property has been getting damaged and of course we have been arguing to the point of having the law called on more than one occasion. She has been threatening me with her boyfriend and been disrespecting my company when I have someone over. She has not paid any rent (she told me I didn’t have to pay child support but I still continue to pay that) she don’t help with utilities, she don’t help with groceries, she don’t clean up after her dog or her kids(the ones I am not the father of), and she don’t help with anything else in/for the house
A: In Tennessee, the procedure is to give her written notice to get out. If she was supposed to pay rent, she has 15 days to catch up the rent. Then you file in general session court a "detainer warrant" ( the court clerk will have a form for you to fill out). Actually, it sounds like she is not really a "tenant," since there was no rent and no written lease ( I assume) and therefor e, she is actually a "guest" who can be evicted at anytime. Unfortunately, law enforcement personnel often do not recognize the difference, so your only option is to follow the usual tenant eviction procedure. Another example of the truth of the saying "no good deed goes unpunished."
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