LEGAL New York parents sue 30-year-old son who refuses to move out

Melodi

Melodi

Disaster Cat
I suspect this will become more common if the economy continues to be such that a lot of younger people can't afford to rent or buy their own home; this case is extreme, son sounds like a deadbeat but I know working young people who can't move out either; they job(s) simply don't pay enough in some locations.

New York parents sue 30-year-old son who refuses to move out

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The home near Syracuse, New York that is at the centre of the family dispute
The parents of a 30-year-old man have resorted to drastic measures in an effort to get their son to fly the coop: they are suing him.

Court documents say Michael Rotondo does not pay rent or help with chores, and has ignored his parents' offers of money to get him settled.

Despite doling out five eviction letters, Christina and Mark Rotondo say their son still refuses to move out.

Michael is arguing that legally, he was not given enough notice to leave.

Mr and Mrs Rotondo filed their case with the Onondaga County Supreme Court, near Syracuse, New York on 7 May, after months of unsuccessfully urging their son to leave.

The would-be empty nesters' lawyer, Anthony Adorante, told Syracuse.com the couple do not know how else to get their adult son out of their house.

"We have decided that you must leave this house immediately," reads the first letter, dated 2 Feb, according to court filings.

When Michael ignored the letter, his parents wrote up a proper eviction notice with the help of their lawyer.

"You are hereby evicted," a 13 Feb notice signed by Mrs Rotondo reads.

"A legal enforcement procedure will be instituted immediately if you do not leave by 15 March 2018."


"There are jobs available even for those with a poor work history like you. Get one - you have to work!" they said.

By 30 March, however, it was becoming clear their son had no intention of leaving.

In April, Mr and Mrs Rotondo went to their local town court to see if they could evict their son.

But they were told that because Michael is family, they would need a Supreme Court justice to officially send him packing.

According to WABC News, Michael has called his parents' lawsuit "retaliatory" and has asked the court to toss out the request.

The Rotondo family will take their case to Supreme Court later this month - some weeks ahead of Michael's 31st birthday.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-44215648
 
DazedandConfused

DazedandConfused

Veteran Member
I would just sale the house! Leave his sorry ass there for the new owners to worry with, at that point I would cut hom off from everything.
 
Melodi

Melodi

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DazedandConfused said:
I would just sale the house! Leave his sorry ass there for the new owners to worry with, at that point I would cut hom off from everything.
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I have personal friends who years ago were in a similar situation and that is what they did; but if they really love their home and the location that isn't always easy to do; come to think of it, I think our friends were renting (been a long time) and the parent's names were on the lease.
 
Millwright

Millwright

Knuckle Dragger
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He's got to leave sometime, especially if they keep NO food in the house.

Change the locks while he's at Micky-D's.

Start flingin' his shit out an upstairs window.

If he gets mouthy, call the cops and file a domestic on him...that will expedite legal proceedings.
 
jazzy

jazzy

Advocate Discernment
wait til he goes out for some smokes or something then change all the locks and drop his stuff in the front yard. if he tries to break in, call the cops.

then they better make sure he has no power or authority over them when they are elderly, make sure someone they trust will be in control if one or both are ever incapacitated and make sure the Wills denote that. this guy will be more trouble later on i bet.
 
Raggedyman

Raggedyman

Res ipsa loquitur
Jonas said:
I think this is epidemic in this society. What a disgrace!
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INDEED! but then again how many of these people brought it on them selves? there are those among us who can't (or WON'T) cut the apron strings. at some point it has to be sink or swim. some don't ever learn that there is a difference between a hand UP and a hand OUT
 
Repairman-Jack

Repairman-Jack

Veteran Member
DazedandConfused said:
I would just sale the house! Leave his sorry ass there for the new owners to worry with, at that point I would cut hom off from everything.
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Doesn't work that way.

A) He'd probably start "acting up" which would most likely scare any potential buyer away.
B) He's a squatter, the sale would NEVER go through, what buyer in their right mind would close on a property that includes 30 yr old man-boy.
 
Red Baron

Red Baron

Paleo-Conservative
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My sister in-law had an adopted son who demanded a Mustang 5.0 and other things when he was 17.

His demands increased and his behavior deteriorated.

On his 18th birthday they packed his belongings in a couple of suitcases, put them by the front door and told him to leave.

He joined the Navy, finished submarine school and then went AWOL a week after 9/11 before he was to be deployed.

Not a smart kid . . . . .
 
Cardinal

Cardinal

Chickministrator
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I had a nephew like that. He moved in with me when he turned 18. I told him he could live with me for free if he went to college. Or, he could get a job and pay rent. He did neither, and refused to move. I was renting at the time, and I moved. Told him I was letting the police know that the house was supposed to be vacant. He ended up moving in with a friend and he is still there today....20 years later.
 
Blacknarwhal

Blacknarwhal

Let's Go Brandon!
And at 31, no less. You'd have thought the improving job market would have helped on that front. But with this guy, it's probably not about the job market.
 
medic38572

medic38572

TB Fanatic
Dennis Olson said:
Or breakfast, lunch and dinner to those of us from “normal” parts of the country...

:p
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Your not normal, the north is not normal, Oregon is not normal, Minnesota is not normal, Texas is mostly not normal, but the south is normal outside of the city.

Breakfast, Dinner, Supper.:D
 
Laurane

Laurane

Canadian Loonie
Put a padlock on his bedroom door and don't let him out until he had his bags packed and ready to go.....

He might make it out of a window, but if it is second storey, he would have a problem. No bathroom, no food, throw the breakers for the electrical for his wall plugs and lights.
No computer, battery charging, meals, bathroom should drive him out within a day or so.....and no getting to a job if he has one.

Give him some money as they said they would and set him up in a place. If he wants to visit, do it at McDonalds.

Wonder if he has a car of his own.......

Breakfast, lunch, supper and then snack.
 
Blacknarwhal

Blacknarwhal

Let's Go Brandon!
medic38572 said:
Your not normal, the north is not normal, Oregon is not normal, Minnesota is not normal, Texas is mostly not normal, but the south is normal outside of the city.

Breakfast, Dinner, Supper.:D
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In Michigan it's also breakfast, lunch, dinner. Are you suggesting we're not normal either?
 
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Yogizorch

Has No Life - Lives on TB
Here's his pic in court where a judge has just sided with his parents. He says he will appeal and so he probably won't be kicked out until the appeal is over.
 

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Dennis Olson

Dennis Olson

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medic38572 said:
Your not normal, the north is not normal, Oregon is not normal, Minnesota is not normal, Texas is mostly not normal, but the south is normal outside of the city.

Breakfast, Dinner, Supper.:D
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No region that calls a shopping cart a "buggy" is normal...
 
Blacknarwhal

Blacknarwhal

Let's Go Brandon!
Yogizorch said:
Here's his pic in court where a judge has just sided with his parents. He says he will appeal and so he probably won't be kicked out until the appeal is over.
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He has a very punchable face. I hate to say it, but he really does. That mullet isn't helping either.
 
Meemur

Meemur

Voice on the Prairie / FJB!
I see this as a failure on both sides. The parents didn't teach him to work and insist that he learn a trade or salable skills, and he's a sorry excuse for a man. I will grant that he might be suffering from depression, and that should be ruled out. Even with that, he could be moved to a group home.

I knew about a half-dozen guys like that back in Michigan. All of them had some mental challenges. Today, four of them are dead and the other two are/were living in their parent's house. One didn't make enough to pay the taxes, and I think he lost it and is now living with a sister. The other was granted some sort of disability status and gets a break on his taxes, or so I was told.

I wish I could muster up some sympathy, but I left home at 17, have no use for men like that.
 
ainitfunny

ainitfunny

Saved, to glorify God.
He is in deep doo doo with God too. He dishonors and disobeys his mother and father
AND God said He who won't work shouldn't be permitted to EAT.
 
O

Old Gray Mare

TB Fanatic
I would like to think a little more creatively. How about sending deadbeat son on vacation for a week, putting everything in storage, change the locks, rent the house, parents go on a much needed vacation and let the (in the know) renters deal with him when he comes "home". If he complains have the renters tell him to contact the property management company, who will have a key to a storage unit containing his worldly possessions and maybe three month paid storage. Parents take a well needed rest and road trip for a month, maybe two.
 
rmomaha

rmomaha

The Wise Man Prepares
People across from my townhouse, called OPD to evict their daughter. They shuffled her out in about 20 minutes. I don't know where they took her.
 
O

Old Gray Mare

TB Fanatic
Dennis Olson said:
Because you can’t do all that in a week.
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Who said it would have to be done in a week? Have everything prestaged and ready to go as soon as sonny is in the air. Professional movers could have an average sized home packed and moved in less than a day. The renters could be professional house sitters (who have an agreement that if sonny gets in they don't get paid). The property manager could be a friend that isn't a push over or family attorney.
 
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Faroe

Un-spun
The parents have had thirty years to establish who owns the house, who pays the bills, and who is BOSS. In thirty years, they haven't done it. Their failing, and their problem.

No sympathy here.
 
Melodi

Melodi

Disaster Cat
I think the laws vary from State to State and I gather the problem legally he is family so a high ranking judge has to order the eviction in New York; I don't think that is true in all States.

Probably would be similar in Ireland but for different reasons, here because of the Potatoe famine; when lifetime tenants were kicked off land held for generations to starve to death "on the road," unless a lease is written very carefully (and sometimes even then) if a person/family lives in a house or apartment a certain number of years, evicting them isn't impossible but it is very difficult.

If the building is sold and/or the owner wishes to make it a primary residence they can move people out (that are otherwise paying rent etc) some apartments have clauses for "renovation" but that is being looked at because large landlords (in many cases banks) were saying that a building needed renovation when it really didn't or when the repairs were very minor.
 
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zeker

Has No Life - Lives on TB
Blacknarwhal said:
And at 31, no less. You'd have thought the improving job market would have helped on that front. But with this guy, it's probably not about the job market.
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probably has no jobs skills

would you want to hire this troublemaker?

me neither
 
Millwright

Millwright

Knuckle Dragger
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Faroe said:
The parents have had thirty years to establish who owns the house, who pays the bills, and who is BOSS. In thirty years, they haven't done it. Their failing, and their problem.

No sympathy here.
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Root cause.
 
FaithfulSkeptic

FaithfulSkeptic

Carrying the mantle of doubt
Worthless, freeloading piece of shit. If I were the parents, I would get my will in order and make sure he doesn't get one dime of it. If there's no other family to leave things to, then find what political inclination he is and donate it to the opposite ... just to posthumously sandpaper his ass.

EAT: And I somewhat disagree with people who say it's the parents. Often true, but not always. Some people are just born lazy and worthless, and today's social norms brought on by liberals has played no small part in making it difficult for parents to properly raise kids.
 
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raven

TB Fanatic
I encourage parents everywhere to "Make Your Basement Great Again"
Tired of that sniveling freeloading, mooch, looting contemptible little shit. (BTW, in the Queen's english they have a word for a contemptible person - starts with a "C". Ends with "unt" - look it up)
Join the seven step "Make Your Basement Great Again" program.
Step #1. Cell phone. Go to YOUR cell phone account and start randomly ****ing with his access. Some providers allow you to restrict texts, internet, WiFi, and calls. And if that don't work, brick that phone. Then cancel service and then never unlock it.
Step #2. Change the password on the internet to deny him access. Hire a tech guru if you have to.
Step #3. Inform him/her that you are no longer going to make the car payment. If your name is on the title or you co-signed for it, rent a storage unit and hide it there. Tell him it was repoed.
Step #4. Cancel his/her car insurance.
Step #5. Cancel his/her credit cards and stop making payments.
Step #6. When he finally gets some ridiculous job paying $8/hr, wait for him to go to work and hire a crew to clean out his room.
Step #7. Find a good divorce lawyer, cause this is likely to be a two fer. Two fer the price of one.

Make Your Basement Great Again
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