Need help I’m living in hell

Svb12

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Ok here's the deal, I've been married to my wife for around 6 months, I now asked for a divorce. Her family is living in my home with us that I owned ten years before I met her. My wives mother, father, twenty yr old daughter, and the daughters bf live in my house. They all refuse to pay rent or bills to me I have asked my wife several times. I now want them all out of my home. Hey refuse to pay and now they create a huge amount of tension in my home and take over my whole house
 
So make things less convenient for them and they will find someone else to mooch off of.

Stop stocking food in the house.
Discontinue any cable/internet service.
Put your dishes, linen, furniture, and any other conveniences into storage.

Do not shut of water, electricity, or gas utilities.

If they won't leave willingly then you will need to have them evicted as if you are the landlord and they are tenants.
 
So make things less convenient for them and they will find someone else to mooch off of.

Stop stocking food in the house.
Discontinue any cable/internet service.
Put your dishes, linen, furniture, and any other conveniences into storage.

Do not shut of water, electricity, or gas utilities.

If they won't leave willingly then you will need to have them evicted as if you are the landlord and they are tenants.
So can I get in trouble for moving out the things I had in the house that were there before I was married
 
So can I get in trouble for moving out the things I had in the house that were there before I was married

No. Don't lock them out and don't shut off basic utilities and you are fine.
You might round up all the toilet paper while you are at it. Let them get their own or find someone else to support them.

If you haven't already done so, you might demand that they leave rather than wait for your wife to handle it.
 
You wanted to know if a tenant can be evicted for no reason. If not, you wanted to know the grounds for eviction. You also wanted a description of the procedure after a tenant receives an eviction notice.

SUMMARY

A landlord cannot evict a tenant for no reason. He must base his decision on one of five legally sufficient grounds for eviction: lapse of time, nonpayment of rent, material noncompliance with the lease, breach of statutory duties, and illegal conduct or serious nuisance.

Once a landlord has established a ground for eviction, he begins the process by serving the tenant with a notice to quit. If the tenant fails to respond to this notice by refusing to move from the rented premises, the landlord may initiate proceedings in Superior Court by filing a summons and complaint. The tenant can respond to the complaint. If a tenant contests the action, the court tries the case and enters judgment. The process ends when the court orders the judgment executed and the sheriff executes it by removing the tenant and his belongings.

GROUNDS FOR EVICTION

Connecticut recognizes the following five grounds for eviction:

1. Expiration of the Lease. Once a lease expires, the landlord is under no obligation to renew it (unless the tenant is age 62 or older, blind, or disabled and lives in a building with five or more units and thus cannot be terminated without a legally sufficient reason, such as nonpayment of rent or permanent removal of the unit from the housing market). This is true whether the lease is written or oral, year-to-year, or month-to-month (CGS § 47a-15).

2. Nonpayment of Rent. If a tenant does not pay his rent, the landlord may evict him after a nine-day grace period for tenants on a month-to-month lease and a four-day grace period for week-to-week tenants. Rent paid during the grace period nullifies nonpayment as a ground for termination.

3. Breach of Tenant's Statutory Duties. Tenants have certain duties imposed on them by statute. Basically, these are to refrain from creating a nuisance or defacing the premises, to obey the health and fire codes, and to keep the premises clean and safe. If the tenant corrects the problem within 15 days and has not caused the same problem within the past six months, it nullifies the breach.

4. Breach of Lease Terms. A landlord may impose lease terms beyond just rental payments. Breach of these terms is a ground for eviction. The terms must, however, be rational, apply to everyone, and pertain to such things as the welfare of others or property damage prevention. As with a breach of statutory duties, if the tenant cures the breach within 15 days and has not caused the same problem within the past six months, it nullifies the breach.

5. Illegal Conduct or Serious Nuisance. Assaulting the landlord or other tenants, or using the premises for gambling, prostitution, or to sell drugs is grounds for eviction. Unlike in cases of breaches of lease terms or statutory duties, tenants cannot cure an eviction based on illegal conduct or serious nuisance (CGS §§ 47a-15 and -31).

SUMMARY PROCESS PROCEDURE

As stated above, summary process (eviction) begins when the landlord serves the notice to quit and files the summons and complaint. We have briefly described below the entire summary process, including statutory minimum time frames. Of course the actual amount of time it takes to evict a tenant depends on a number of factors, including whether the tenant has a defense he intends to pursue and the landlord's diligence in complying with the summary process law. Generally, the process is as follows.

1. Notice to Quit. The landlord must serve the notice to quit five days before a rental agreement is terminated or five days before the time specified in the notice to quit (CGS § 47a-23).

2. Summons and Complaints. If the tenant does not quit possession by the end of the five-day period, any commissioner of the Superior Court may issue a summons and complaint to be served upon the tenant. The landlord may have the complaint served on any day of the week and may have it returnable six days thereafter. He must return it to the court at least three days before the return day (CGS § 47a-23a).

3. Appearance. A tenant must respond to the summons and complaint by filing an appearance with the court within two days after the return date. If the tenant does not file an appearance, the landlord may file (a) a motion for judgment for failure to appear and (b) an endorsed copy of the notice to quit with the court clerk. The court must then enter a judgment against the tenant and issue an order to vacate (CGS § 47a-26).

4. Answer to Complaint. In addition to filing an appearance, the tenant should file a summary process answer within two days after the return date. If the tenant does not file an answer within the two-day period, a landlord can file a motion for judgment based on failure to plead. And if the tenant fails to plead within three days after receipt of the motion by the clerk, the court must enter judgment against the tenant (CGS § 47a-26a).

5. Trial. A trial is scheduled after pleadings are closed (after the complaint has been answered and any special defenses have been raised and countered) (CGS § 47a-26d).

6. Judgment and Execution. A judgment is entered after the trial. If judgment is entered for a landlord, he must ask the court for an order of execution, which requires the tenant to move. After the court issues the execution, it must be given to a sheriff for proper service. The sheriff then serves the execution on the tenant. The sheriff is required to use reasonable efforts to locate and notify the tenant of the eviction date and time. After this period, the sheriff can physically remove the tenant's possession (CGS § 47-26d).

7. Stay of Execution. The law provides for an automatic five-day stay of execution (CGS § 47a-35). During the five days, a tenant can ask the court for an additional stay of up to six months.

A landlord can file a motion for use and occupancy once a tenant files an appearance. Once the motion is filed, the court can order a tenant to pay the last agreed-upon rent to the court during the pendency of the summary of process action (CGS § 47a-26b).

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Sounds like you've been making a lot of bad decisions. Now make a good one: hire a divorce attorney and an attorney to help you evict her family members. You won't be able to evict your wife (unless you file for divorce and get an order for exclusive possession of the marital residence). You may also want to seek a restraining order since things will obviously get awkward while you wait for the eviction case to play out.

You might round up all the toilet paper while you are at it.

That has no chance at all of backfiring....
 
Sounds like you've been making a lot of bad decisions. Now make a good one: hire a divorce attorney and an attorney to help you evict her family members. You won't be able to evict your wife (unless you file for divorce and get an order for exclusive possession of the marital residence). You may also want to seek a restraining order since things will obviously get awkward while you wait for the eviction case to play out.



That has no chance at all of backfiring....
I was trying to be civil but wife's parents are being nasty people
 
Ok here's the deal, I've been married to my wife for around 6 months, I now asked for a divorce. Her family is living in my home with us that I owned ten years before I met her. My wives mother, father, twenty yr old daughter, and the daughters bf live in my house. They all refuse to pay rent or bills to me I have asked my wife several times. I now want them all out of my home. Hey refuse to pay and now they create a huge amount of tension in my home and take over my whole house


This is very easy to solve, but can't be addressed properly for FREE via the internet.

Talk to a couple local divorce attorneys, hire one, this can all be solved eventually.

Don't attempt to DIY, unless you want to delay the outcome and the divorce.
 
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