Self defense inside your house

[Zigner]

I am not sure that is what igor’s thread is all about but, if illegal drugs are involved - and igor is not likewise involved with them - the police can be contacted.

See the following posts and my comment re candy & coke will make more sense

https://forum.freeadvice.com/threads/self-defense-inside-your-house.662472/post-3765425

https://forum.freeadvice.com/threads/self-defense-inside-your-house.662472/post-3765428

 

[quincy]

I knew to what you were referring.

 

[igor8273]

No drugs are involved, not sure why people went into that direction.

Just wanted to know what rights do people typically have in cases where they do not want someone in their house yet their fellow resident does.

 

[Zigner]

No drugs are involved, not sure why people went into that direction.

Just wanted to know what rights do people typically have in cases where they do not want someone in their house yet their fellow resident does.

Are you involved in a SPECIFIC SITUATION, or are you just curious about a hypothetical situation?

 

[quincy]

No drugs are involved, not sure why people went into that direction.

Just wanted to know what rights do people typically have in cases where they do not want someone in their house yet their fellow resident does.

That is what I gathered from your previous comments.

When no laws are being violated and there are no lease violations, there really is little you can do except discuss the guest with the other resident to try to find a satisfactory solution - or find somewhere else to live. If the other resident is a spouse, divorce is also an option.

 

[zddoodah]

So in cases like these, the only way to get the unwanted guest to leave is to negotiate this with your fellow resident and if that doesn't work out then I am stuck with that guest and nothing more can be done?

What does "cases like these" mean? I still haven't seen a reasonably complete set of facts.

Is there any reason why no one suggested getting a restraining order against a person then calling police and claiming that the person violated it?

I can't speak for anyone else, but I haven't suggested that because you haven't provided any facts that would justify the issuance of a restraining order.

Just wanted to know what rights do people typically have in cases where they do not want someone in their house yet their fellow resident does.

Well...that's a new fact that you're just now sharing for the first time in the 33rd post in the thread. Sigh....

Creating a list of "rights . . . people . . . have" would be utterly pointless. If Person A and Person B live in the same residence (and both are legal adults and neither is the landlord of the other), then Person A doesn't have any legal right to regulate whom Person B has as a guest in the shared home. Of course, if Person A has grounds to obtain and actually does obtain a restraining order, then that would change the conclusion.

 

[igor8273]

Are you involved in a SPECIFIC SITUATION, or are you just curious about a hypothetical situation?

Just curious about a a hypothetical situation. I did mention that in the beginning of the post.

 

[Zigner]

Just curious about a a hypothetical situation. I did mention that in the beginning of the post.

The problem with hypotheticals is that the facts tend to change after every answer.

 

[igor8273]

Thanks all for responding.

 

[quincy]

Thanks all for responding.

We all appreciate the thanks, igor8273, so thank you.

Hypothetical questions can provide no definitive answers because hypothetical questions have no static facts. Changing one detail can change the answer.

In law, the specific facts will always matter. That is why we generally do not entertain hypotheticals on this forum. One answer (like Zigner’s trail of Reese’s Pieces) becomes as legitimate as any other.

Good luck with your living arrangements, now or in the future. Choose roommates wisely.

 

[adjusterjack]

No drugs are involved, not sure why people went into that direction.

Because we don't take these kinds of posts seriously.

Just wanted to know what rights do people typically have in cases where they do not want someone in their house yet their fellow resident does.

When your roommate invites somebody into the house you have absolutely no rights to remove him/her unless that visitor is doing something for which the police can be called. And that something is not just that you don't like that person.

If you don't like your roommate's friends that's between you and the roommate and the solution is to dissolve the roommate arrangement and go get your own place, by yourself, so you have complete control over who you invite into your space.

Get it now?

 

[quincy]

I think igor gets it.

This thread has been reported to the moderator for locking.

 

[Taxing Matters]

So in cases like these, the only way to get the unwanted guest to leave is to negotiate this with your fellow resident and if that doesn't work out then I am stuck with that guest and nothing more can be done?

At least initially, yes. Each owner of property and each tenant of a rental unit has certain rights with respect to the property the person owns or rents. One of those rights in general is to invite those whom they want on to the property. The other owners/tenants generally cannot interfere with that right. So if you invite a person on to the property and your co-tenant doesn't like it, there is in most cases nothing he/she can do about it. Same deal when your co-tenant invites someone you don't like to the property. There are some exceptions to that in very particular fact patterns, but nothing you've stated here suggests any of those uncommon situations exist in your circumstance.

What is the problem you have with the guest? If the problem is simply that you dislike the person, I think you'll find there is no legal recourse for that. If it annoys you enough you might want to consider getting your own place.

 

[quincy]

Just curious about a a hypothetical situation. I did mention that in the beginning of the post.

This is a hypothetical question.