Am I legally obligated to provide my 26 year old a place to live?
Full Question:
We have a 26 year old daughter that lives with us. We have recently found out that she has a serious drug problem and she has willingly gone to rehab. My question is that when she returns from rehab are we legally obligated to let her stay here if she goes back to drugs. I have told her that we will not condone drug use in our house ever again and she swears that she will
never go back but time will tell. I read the tenant at will law for New Jersey but she has never paid rent so we are confused.
05/04/2009 |
Category: Landlord Tenant |
State: New Jersey |
#16553
Answer:
A month-to-month at-will tenancy in New Jersey may be
terminated by giving 1 month's notice.
The following is a NJ statute:
2A:18-56.
Proof of notice to quit prerequisite to judgment No judgment
for possession in cases specified in paragraph "a." of section 2A:18-53
of this Title shall be ordered unless:
a. The tenancy, if a tenancy at will or from year to year, has been
terminated by the giving of 3 months' notice to quit, which notice
shall be deemed to be sufficient; or
b. The tenancy, if a tenancy from month to month, has been terminated
by the giving of 1 month's notice to quit, which notice shall be deemed
to be sufficient; or
c. The tenancy, if for a term other than at will,
from year to year, or from month to month, has been terminated by the
giving of one term's notice to quit, which notice shall be deemed to be
sufficient; and
d. It shall be shown to the satisfaction of the court by
due proof that the notice herein required has been given.