Q: So, even though there is an existing protection order against my ex boyfriend, I still need to file for an eviction?
The home is my home that I own and have lived in alone for 15 years. My ex boyfriend lived with me for 2019 and a few months into 2020. By 2020 we were no longer involved with one another, but he wouldn’t leave my house. He became more abusive and erratic, up all hours of the night never sleeping, blasting his stereo causing noise disturbances, and even started verbally assaulting the neighbors! Over this period of time I recorded his behavior for “evidence”. One night I came home from work to finally find out that he’d been using drugs. So, this time I drove to the police department and let them watch and listen to everything I’ve recorded and told them that I wanted him out of my house. They followed me to my home, went in, arrested him, took his drugs. He spent 22 days in jail and the judge ordered him to stay away from me, any and all of my family members, and property.
A: If there is a valid protection order to stay away, you don't need an eviction. But if you want to get any of his things out of the house, and he doesn't arrange for someone to pick them up, then you need an eviction to be able to get them out.
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