Can an ex-fiance be evicted viaan e-mail?
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Can an ex-fiance be evicted viaan e-mail?
I’m currently living with my ex and we agreed that I could live at the residence as long as I liked. (considering he did not want me to work while we were together). He is falsely accusing me of sleeping with his nephew which I did not do. He has sent me an e-mail stating that I have 7 days before the sheriff remove me and my things. Am I considered to be a guest?
Asked on July 13, 2010 under Real Estate Law, Georgia
Answers:
B. B., Member, New Jersey Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 13 years ago | Contributor
If your agreement with your former fiance did not include anything resembling rent, for your stay at his home, then I don't think there is a landlord-tenant relationship here. That makes you, indeed, a guest, and if you are no longer welcome, you would become a trespasser. Whether or not there is any truth or not, in the reasons why you are not longer welcome, don't matter, because he has no legal duty to allow you to continue living there.
Without a landlord-tenant relationship, the eviction laws don't apply in this situation. An email is more than enough notice, as far as the law is concerned; he would probably be able to get away with dumping your things on the lawn and changing the locks while you were out.
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