What do I do if I was charged with apartment abandonment while I was taken to a mental facility after a brain injury?
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What do I do if I was charged with apartment abandonment while I was taken to a mental facility after a brain injury?
I had no intention of leaving my apartment and now have incurred legal and monetary charges and am homeless since released from the hospital.
Asked on March 9, 2011 under Real Estate Law, Minnesota
Answers:
MD, Member, California Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 13 years ago | Contributor
Unfortunately, if no one gave your landlord notice, the law may be on your landlord's side if he obtained a proper eviction. Contact your local HUD office or your state prosecutor's office to see if it has a landlord tenant dispute mediation program available to you. You at most may be able to get back some of your deposit or if the apartment is still available, a reinstatement of the lease. If your items were also considered abandoned, your landlord could only get rid of them if he has given you proper notice and obtained a proper court order of the same or waited the specific statutory time frame before considering it abandoned. If you have your receipts or pictures of the items, you might be able to obtain a partial reimbursement, discounted by wear and tear of the property in question.
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