Need help getting the Ex out of the house!!

[stat549]

What is the name of your state? Florida, Okeechobee County

My girlfriend of five years and myself have recently split and she won't leave my house. It's been nearly 2 months now. She doesn't work and the house is in my name as are all utilities. I've always paid all the bills from my seperate bank account although she has recently been opening up my mail without my permission and paying the utilities. I've given her 30 day notices on two seperate occasions to no avail. I've been staying with friends for the entire duration of this fiasco and I'm afraid to go to my own home as it will likely bring false accusations and trouble. My best friend lives across the street and up a few houses and as I was there yesterday talking to my friend I notice she is over by my house taking pictures of us in front of his house!! I continue to pay the mortgage and just paid the taxes also. Can I change the locks, have the electricity turned off, or something of that nature? What is the easiest and best way to get her out? To anybody who helps me out, Thank You so much. I realize this may not be the appropriate section to post these questions so hopefully a moderator can move it for me if they feel it would be better suited in a different section. Thanks again all, Brandon

 

[SecondWifeAZ]

Sell the house! Sooner or later she will have to leave. Especially when the new owners move in!

 

[BelizeBreeze]

What is the name of your state? Florida, Okeechobee County

My girlfriend of five years and myself have recently split and she won't leave my house. It's been nearly 2 months now. She doesn't work and the house is in my name as are all utilities. I've always paid all the bills from my seperate bank account although she has recently been opening up my mail without my permission and paying the utilities. I've given her 30 day notices on two seperate occasions to no avail. I've been staying with friends for the entire duration of this fiasco and I'm afraid to go to my own home as it will likely bring false accusations and trouble. My best friend lives across the street and up a few houses and as I was there yesterday talking to my friend I notice she is over by my house taking pictures of us in front of his house!! I continue to pay the mortgage and just paid the taxes also. Can I change the locks, have the electricity turned off, or something of that nature? What is the easiest and best way to get her out? To anybody who helps me out, Thank You so much. I realize this may not be the appropriate section to post these questions so hopefully a moderator can move it for me if they feel it would be better suited in a different section. Thanks again all, Brandon

And of course you haven't bothered to follow up on the 'two separate 30-day notices' and file for eviction right?

Go to the local courthouse and file already.

 

[stat549]

"And of course you haven't bothered to follow up on the 'two separate 30-day notices' and file for eviction right?"

No, I haven't. I have what is described as the "Eviction Packet Non-Case" which consists of 91 pages of varied legal documents related to landlord/tenant disputes. What is most confusing for me is that she is not a tenant, I am not a landlord, no rent was ever paid, and no lease was ever signed. Since the core of the eviction process is surrounded by those very issues, how is it possible that I evict her as a landlord evicts a tenant? Can I? What form would I use? Selling the property is possibly an interesting option. Can I sell the property to a trusted person (Mother, etc.) and would she be forced to leave at that point? Or would the burden of getting her out then fall into the "buyers" hands? Thanks for the responses!! Keep them coming!!!

 

[withonel]

Just wondering

Why don't you just call the police from your friends house and ask that they remove her from YOUR home?

 

[stat549]

I have. They say it is a civil matter and won't do a thing about it. The only thing they told me to do was to put a notice on the front door. I did that. Now what?

 

[Reddman]

I'm not a lawyer, but...

If it were me, I'd move back into my home, and have the locks changed. Seriously, get your buddies to come over and help pack up her belongings, put them outside, and change the locks.

If that's not an option, you might at least have your mail forwarded to a po box, temporarily, to keep her out of your bills and personal papers. You could also set up your utilities to auto-draft from your bank account, so she won't pay them and then try to claim she has the right to live there.

Have you considered charging her rent? Make her a tenant so you can evict her.