DoI have means for a lawsuit if evicted with no legal notice?
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DoI have means for a lawsuit if evicted with no legal notice?
I have lived with a family member for 4 months with my 3 year old. The stipulations of my staying there were that I did the maintenance for the home, which I did. The agreement was made with the owner of the house. She moved out into her daughter’s house for health reasons and told her daughter in front of a state worker that she was not to evict me and my children. Then 2 weeks later her daughter gave me 12 hours to remove my stuff and threw my child and I out into the cold in the dead of winter. She would not even let me back into the house. It was 8 o’clock at night and she locked the doors on me.
Asked on December 30, 2011 under Real Estate Law, Maine
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FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 12 years ago | Contributor
In all states in this country required notice of termination is 30 days written notice. If you were evicted out of your unit with only 12 hours notice where it was quite clear that you were a tenant in the unit, what happened was clearly improper under the laws of your state.
I recommend that you consult with a landlord tenant attorney about the situation that happened to you and what legal recourse you might be entitled to.
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