What to do about brother in law.

[tmsmalley]

I see you're in Florida, this may help. http://www.floridapirg.org/uploads/L...Rights-2.1.pdf

Having scanned through it, in Florida you can get a 3 day notice if you don't pay your rent or 7 day notice if you have other evictable issues. There's also abandonment if they're gone more than half the rental period. All those assume someone is actually PAYING something too, so I'd say you're on solid ground to give him a nice comfy 30 day notice.

Tess

[NIGHTB1022]

Well, since it's a brother in law, first of all how does your hubby feel about it? I know it's a crappy situation, but here is what I would do to avoid making waves with his side of the family. Since he is using your address as his legal address, then that legally makes it his place of residence. Fighting with him about it will just cause problems with you and your hubby which you don't want or need. It needs to be handled efficiently and maturely.

First of all, put a deadbolt on your door so he can't just walk in, and tell him since he is back with the girlfriend, you would like your key back and don't let him leave without getting it from him.

Then tell him, it's great he is back on his own, but you really need the extra space and give him a firm deadline, like a week to get his stuff out. Let him know if it is not gone in a week, you are disposing of it since he has left it there so long. And if he doesn't take it, donate it to charity, but let him know you fully intend to do this. That way, if it does end up in court, you have a leg to stand on. And do it with someone else present so you have a witness to telling him your plans.

Also tell him to change his mailing address. If he doesn't, write NO LONGER AT THIS ADDRESS and put it back in the mail. When he isn't getting his mail, he will get the picture real quick and hustle to the post office to change his addy.

But I would try to work it out so it doesn't come back and bite you down the road with the rest of the family. I know it sux, but it will be worse if it's not handled properly.

I once had a brother that stayed with me while he was working a pipeline job. I didn't mind having him there, but it was a PITA, since he came and went at all hours, and I wasn't charging him. We are very close and still are to this day. Finally after about 8 months of it, I had to tell him it was time to get his own place. Wouldn't you know one day after he moved out he casually commented how I
threw" him out. I looked at him in shock, but then I laughed and said "yeah buddy" it was too much of a good thing for us, we couldn't handle all that fun at once!