I live in VA with my son's dad since July of '11.I now want him gone how do I go about getting him out of my home.He doesn't pay any bills,everything is in my name,the car & most importantly the rent.So what can I do cause I want & need him gone

You give him 30 days notice to vacate. If he doesn't you file for an eviction order

From my understanding unless the bills or the house is in his name you can ask him to leave especially if he is not paying any rent or bills.. Give him 30 days if he doesn't move out then I would see about calling the authorities and having him removed from the premises.

From my understanding unless the bills or the house is in his name you can ask him to leave especially if he is not paying any rent or bills.. Give him 30 days if he doesn't move out then I would see about calling the authorities and having him removed from the premises.Hello m:

We appreciate help here on this board.. But, you need a modicum of landlord/tenant law under your belt, and you don't appear to have that.

The son is a tenant, and I don't know what "authorities" you'd call. If he doesn't leave after 30 days, you evict him, get a writ of execution, and the sheriff will put him out.

excon

From my understanding unless the bills or the house is in his name you can ask him to leave especially if he is not paying any rent or bills.. Give him 30 days if he doesn't move out then I would see about calling the authorities and having him removed from the premises.

This is not accurate. The only way "the authorities" will remove him is with an eviction order issued by a court. The eviction process is to give the tenant/resident legal notice to vacate. When that notice expires, if the tenant has not vacated the landlord goes to court for an eviction order. When the eviction order is issued, the landlord then hires a sheriff to physically remove the tenant.

Aside to mandisd, Welcome to AMHD. Thank you for wanting to help others. However, we take pride in the accuracy of the advice given here. Please make sure your advice is accurate before responding in the future.

I'm sorry didn't know I needed a degree to try and help someone.. I have been in the same situation and that's how my problem was solved! No attitude needed!

I'm sorry didn't know I needed a degree to try and help someone.. I have been in the same situation and that's how my problem was solved! No attitude needed!!Hello again, m:

None of us has a law degree. It's just that we know the law... Plus, I thought we were QUITE polite with you. No?

Maybe you SHOULD move along.

excon

"We appreciate help here on this board.. But, you need a modicum of landlord/tenant law under your belt, and you don't appear to have that. " I don't see how this is "being nice"!! Yeah your right, I should!

Mandisd, I understand that you have at least one experience with a situation similar to this one. However, you misunderstood the law. We know the law from study and vast experience with rental contracts and eviction laws, this is a law forum so we only post what we know is law. None of us expressed any attitude, we all avoided giving you a negative/red mark but, sorry, you are mistaken. My guess is that your tenant did not know the law and just left when asked. If that person did not leave then you must use the eviction laws of your state. Where do you live and I'll give you a set of the eviction laws. BTW did you reads Scott's final remarks welcoming you and asking you to be accurate? He was very polite.

I'm sorry didn't know I needed a degree to try and help someone.. I have been in the same situation and that's how my problem was solved! No attitude needed!!

I'm going to ask you how you would feel if you asked a question and someone gave you inaccurate advice based on their one experience that may or may not have been similar. As I said, we take pride in the accuracy of the advice given here.

One doesn't need to have a law degree to answer a legal question (or a medical degree to answer a medical question, etc.). But before one answers, we ask that they be sure of their facts and the applicability of the answer. I think you displayed just as much if not more attitude than excon in responding, So lets chalk this up to a learning experience for you and move on.