Can I evict my brother's girlfriend from co-owned home

[quincy]

Yes Quincy, thank you for that. We have the resources to help him both financially and with hiring care. She actually hasn't been assisting him, which is the issue. She doesn't administer his meds properly, she gets him painkillers from nefarious sources and she has completely destroyed the house. This is coming directly from my brother and other parties that have been in the house in the last month. They cannot believe the condition. We have allowed my brother to make his own decisions and he himself knows she needs to go. At this point we are weighing out legal options of getting her out as he has nicely asked her to leave and that isn't working.

You can read over the information on the process for eviction, and print off forms, in the link I provided above.

You will want to make sure you follow the procedure properly. Although you and your brother can evict his girlfriend on your own, because the process is new to you, it will benefit you to have legal assistance.

Hopefully the girlfriend will not cause any additional problems. Good luck.

 

[xylene]

Although you and your brother can evict his girlfriend on your own, because the process is new to you, it will benefit you to have legal assistance.

Not to mention because she is a PITA tenant who has already damaged the property.

AND because having a plan involving a team approach and the expenditure of legal resources will help keep your brother from falling back on his toxic and codependent relationship with his enabling addict girlfriend.

You may be hearing and saying this now:

he himself knows she needs to go.

But push comes to shove addicts and people in highly codependent relationships do seemingly odd things, especially when stressful change is happening. She might have more power over him than you know and he might need her more than he has admitted to himself.

Consider to acquire a naloxone kit. Relapse can be extremely dangerous, users overestimate their tolerance after periods of abstinence. This can be particularly true for those in poor health who had built up a pattern of heavy use.

Think about the legal and financial consequences of your brother's addiction on yourself. Self sacrifice is not required to help an addict.