Tenant's ex not leaving

[Chetan C.]

Hi folks, 

Have a situation with my first ever lease. Tenant and girlfriend have split after living together for 12 months. Girlfriend is not on the lease and is not leaving the house. As per the tenant, he has to pay her child support but she continues to live in the house as she has nowhere to go with the kids. He wants to me to move her out, as its my house per his family lawyer and cops. 

After spending an hour going thru these forums, I understand that the ex is an occupant and may have some rights after living there for more than a year. I am going to find me a lawyer tomorrow, but wanted some advice from this board. First of all, I dont think I need to get involved in moving the ex out. The tenant has a lawyer already and can advise him. 

If he still wants me to get involved, I think I'll be better off evicting them all and finding new tenants. She should be able to get a place for her and the kids with the child support money. Thoughts? 

Thanks,

[Greg H.]

Originally posted by @Jim K.:

@Chetan C.

No, I do not agree that the girlfriend has any right to legally occupy that house if her name is not on the lease. I do not know where you are or know the laws in your area. Talk to the lawyer that you're going to find tomorrow. If you learn that this person has no right of occupancy, then have the cops take her and her children away for trespassing. If it the compassionate thing to do? I would argue that your duty as a human being at this time is to the children there and not the mother, and if you allow the situation to go on you're enabling an obviously unfit mother. This woman is looking for a hard limit to come up against to bust her out of her make-believe world of entitlement fantasies.

 There is a zero percent chance the police are going to remove an occupant who has lives in the property.  It will be considered a civil matter with eviction as the only option