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JetQuimZaqFudd
Jun 8, 2008, 01:01 PM
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My son and his girlfriend share an apartment. My son is not on the lease; however, he has been residing in the apartment for over a year. Can the girlfriend make him leave?

In Florida, the law states that once you have established residency in a dwelling, you are automatically considered as a legal inhabitant of the dwelling. Therefore, you would have to file eviction in order to get somebody out of the residence.

I'm just trying to find out if the same law applies in NJ.

Thanks

Fr_Chuck
Jun 8, 2008, 01:08 PM
Yes he would be a resident in there, now if the lease states he should not be living there, she could be in trouble with the landlord bt aht is another issue. Yes, to get him out, she has to evict him