Can I stop my stepson from moving
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Can I stop my stepson from moving
My husband and I have been married for 9 years. We rent our home and the light and water bills are in my name only. We have a month-to-month lease which is just verbal. My stepson, age 21, has been kicked out of his mother’s house for several reasons and now wants to move in with us. He wants to move a bunch of
Asked on February 15, 2017 under Real Estate Law, Mississippi
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 7 years ago | Contributor
You and your husband together could refuse to let him move in at all, or let him move in subject to certain restrictions (e.g. "junk"). But if your husband is also a tenant along with you--which he almost certainly is when there is just an oral (that is the correct term; not "verbal") lease, since that lease would be unwritten understanding among the landlord and all the people, including your husband, leasing the home, according to which those people lease the home--then he has the right to let your stepson move in, including moving in with his junk. When there are two tenants, either one has the legal right to let other people live in the space with them, use the space, store belongings at the space. So to keep the junk out, you and your husband will have to present a united front.
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