Aaron1124
Regular Member
My wife and myself are renting a condo in the state of Washington. We also have a four year old daughter. We are renting it from a private individual. Back in December, my wife was in touch with some old acquaintances who claimed to be down on their luck. It was a guy and his pregnant girlfriend. They claimed they were undergoing serious hardship, and how he was unemployed, and had no place to live, and didn't want to be left without a roof over his head due to his girlfriend being pregnant. We told them they would be allowed to stay with us, and we did not ask them to pay rent. We told them to take the time an use it to their advantage, so he can get a job, save up money, and get back on his own feet, and we'd play it by ear.
Well, they moved in back in December of 2012. After a couple months, I started noticing some disturbing behavior. He started using marijuana out on the back porch, and I told him I did not want that on the property. He complied, but I caught him a few times after that. He did not look for a job, and started to really demonstrate that they were mooching off of us. Well, two weeks ago, the pregnant girlfriend had her two children over (from a previous marriage) for the weekend, and she is currently going through a custody battle with them, because she was charged with Domestic Violence Assault 4 two years ago, and initially had them taken away. Well, when the father of the children picked the kids up, he noticed a lot of bumps and bruises on them, and finger imprints on his rib cage. He ended up contacting the police, who then came out to question my room mate. No arrest was made and no charges have been filed (yet), but the police did give me a case number.
Since then, I told them I'd like to have them out by April 1st, and they complied at the time. Since then, they have shown nothing but blatant disrespect; inviting people over for the night without asking, being very inappropriate with how they present themselves, accuse my wife and I of stealing their belongings, send incredibly rude and disrespectful text messages, stating that legally, they don't have to leave, because they have established residency here for over 90 days, and unless I serve them with a 30 day eviction notice, they don't have to leave. A few months ago, we even allowed them to have our room, and my wife and I have been sleeping on the hide a bed in the living room. We did this out of courtesy to them. Absolutely no appreciation has been shown, and we've been treated with nothing but disrespect. They are claiming that they can do whatever they like, because this place is theirs just as much as it is ours, even though they are not in the lease. I honestly do not know the legality of these issues, but to be honest, with her custody battle, and charges of domestic violence against children, I do not feel comfortable having her here with my four year old daughter. The officer who responded informed me that there's a way I can file for a 7 day emergency eviction if I take the case number down to the local PD.
Earlier tonight, they came out here and started a huge hiatus, claiming they don't have to leave unless we give them a 30 day notice, and how they can do whatever they want while we're here.
An legal experts on here that may be able to tell me what my rights are, and what I can do to get them out of here?!
Thanks!!
Well, they moved in back in December of 2012. After a couple months, I started noticing some disturbing behavior. He started using marijuana out on the back porch, and I told him I did not want that on the property. He complied, but I caught him a few times after that. He did not look for a job, and started to really demonstrate that they were mooching off of us. Well, two weeks ago, the pregnant girlfriend had her two children over (from a previous marriage) for the weekend, and she is currently going through a custody battle with them, because she was charged with Domestic Violence Assault 4 two years ago, and initially had them taken away. Well, when the father of the children picked the kids up, he noticed a lot of bumps and bruises on them, and finger imprints on his rib cage. He ended up contacting the police, who then came out to question my room mate. No arrest was made and no charges have been filed (yet), but the police did give me a case number.
Since then, I told them I'd like to have them out by April 1st, and they complied at the time. Since then, they have shown nothing but blatant disrespect; inviting people over for the night without asking, being very inappropriate with how they present themselves, accuse my wife and I of stealing their belongings, send incredibly rude and disrespectful text messages, stating that legally, they don't have to leave, because they have established residency here for over 90 days, and unless I serve them with a 30 day eviction notice, they don't have to leave. A few months ago, we even allowed them to have our room, and my wife and I have been sleeping on the hide a bed in the living room. We did this out of courtesy to them. Absolutely no appreciation has been shown, and we've been treated with nothing but disrespect. They are claiming that they can do whatever they like, because this place is theirs just as much as it is ours, even though they are not in the lease. I honestly do not know the legality of these issues, but to be honest, with her custody battle, and charges of domestic violence against children, I do not feel comfortable having her here with my four year old daughter. The officer who responded informed me that there's a way I can file for a 7 day emergency eviction if I take the case number down to the local PD.
Earlier tonight, they came out here and started a huge hiatus, claiming they don't have to leave unless we give them a 30 day notice, and how they can do whatever they want while we're here.
An legal experts on here that may be able to tell me what my rights are, and what I can do to get them out of here?!
Thanks!!