What can I do if my neighbor’s children constantly keep climbing over my fence into my backyard and sine it is very high they may be seriously injured?

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What can I do if my neighbor’s children constantly keep climbing over my fence into my backyard and sine it is very high they may be seriously injured?

Would my neighbors have a case against me if any of their 8 children got hurt? What should I do to prevent being sued? How should I prepare myself for a lawsuit?

Asked on April 30, 2017 under Personal Injury, California

Answers:

SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney

Answered 6 years ago | Contributor

1) Put up no trespassing signs to make it clear that entry is not allowed. Also, send letters to the neighbors, sent some way you can prove delivery, that they children are trespassing, are not allowed in your yard, and you will call the police if they keep trespassing. You want to make it clear that in no way are the children invited.
2) If they do trespass again, follow through and call the police: this will reinforce that they are NOT allowed in your yard.
If you do the above, you should be safe from a lawsuit *unless* there is an injury caused by an "unreasonably dangerous" condition in your yard; unfortunately, under U.S. law, you have to protect trespassers, even burglars, from unreasonably dangerous conditions. So if there are sinkholes that an ankle could turn or break in, if you have any junk piles with jagged materials in them, etc. remove or fix the issues--you don't want there to be anything more dangerous than just ordinary landscaping.


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