[fl] Evict Abusive Partner Who Is On The Lease ?
Hi, I'm posting this on behalf of a friend because they tried posting, but their account is too new. I'll pass questions to them if there are any and bring back answers asap.
Situation: Emotionally and sexually abusive partner [ B ] is living in an apartment with friend [ K ] and K's family [ parents and sister ]. No physical abuse yet, but after a situation K's dad saw very recently, there is fears of this.
B is on the lease and has about two more months before the lease is up, but the fear of escalation into irreversible violence is on high right now, so two months is too long to risk. He is currently sending insane love bombing to try and get K to take him back after a breakup, so even further concerns of escalation.
All of the texts are being documented in case they're needed. ( With FL being a two-party consent state, I know recordings wouldn't be admissible if he wasn't made aware and agreed; I imagine voicemails are fine? Will advise letting all calls go to voicemail to keep all record of anything said there if so. )
Currently, what I know is B is liable for a portion of the rent but does not pay it. I've advised K to talk to the apartment leasing office to see if they can modify the existing lease and have B removed from it due to non - payment ( which I would assume can at least be reasonably proven through bank and other funding app transactions that no money has left him to go to anyone who is paying rent from their bank? I know there's the argument of cash, but I'm not sure how that would be discussed if this ended up going to court ), as I believe such a thing can be done at the landlord's discretion?
I've also advised them to see if the leasing office would assist in drafting any kind of eviction warning so that it will be on paper and presented to B in an undeniable way, as well as calling non - emergency police and share concerns of violence - escalation.
I also know there's a possibility they could get B Baker acted, as he has been making repeat threats of self harm, including ordering ( and refunding, but it's still on record he ordered under his name ) this book on Amazon, but they wish to avoid that as B is part of the LGBT community and it's a bad state for that, especially in our current climate. It's still on the potential list of ways just to get him out of the house even if only briefly.
If there's any other actions they can attempt to take, any and all advise or thoughts would be appreciated. Thank you.
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