Can my mother kick me and my 3 children out of her house if I’ve been living there for 7+ years if I’m on the lease?
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Can my mother kick me and my 3 children out of her house if I’ve been living there for 7+ years if I’m on the lease?
My mom wants me and my kids out of the house because she is allowing my brother and his girlfriend to grow and sell pot. He gives her money for allowing him to grow it I told her that I was going to tell on her and did but the cops did nothing. Can she kick me out without any paperwork? And, what if she goes behind my back and takes me off the lease? I do not pay rent but I do things around the house everyday all day for her as payment for atting me live there. She is on Section 8. They were notified about what is going on in the house and they did nothing as well. I have no where else to go.
Asked on July 5, 2012 under Real Estate Law, Maryland
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Answered 11 years ago | Contributor
So long as you are on the presumed written lease for the unit you are occupying your mother cannot evict you from the lease because she is not the landlord.
The only exception is that if there is some sort of a tenant's agreement in place between you and your mother with respect to the unit you are occupying setting forth obligations that each of you owe the other.
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