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Originally Posted by Kurt V
The problem with most of these suggestions is that they are just fantasy solutions. This guy seems to thrive on litigation and there is no reason to believe if your mom just throws him out that he won't turn around and sue her. She will win in the end, but it will cost her money. The only practical solution I have seen here so far is to get a restraining order against him.
The only other practical solution is to just change the locks on the doors. While he could sue for an illegal eviction, the fact that he did a stop payment on the check is evidence that he breached the lease contract so his allegations would just be a wash. Make sure your mom has physical evidence of the stop payment.
Oh and I am one of those scum bag attorneys that no one has any used for.  |
Good advise, from my non-lawyer background.
Question for Kurt and others: since he
deliberately did a stop payment on a check with apparently no good reason, wouldn't that make his written (I hope) rental agreement null and void? As such, wouldn't that mean that this fellow is now trespassing on austin552's Mom's property?
Also: austin - is there anything in the rental agreement that deals with failure to pay the rent? And failure to adhere to the conditions set forth in the rental agreement (out-of-bounds areas, food, phone charges...etc)
If this goes on his public record, I doubt that too many reputable law offices are going to want to hire him. Unless his aspirations are to be a sleazy two-bit lawyer. Perhaps a little reminder of this possibility would awaken him.
Also: wouldn't it be hilarious if austin was able to hire his father and brother to sue him? (A conflict of interest clause somewhere would probably prevent this, but one can imagine...)
I suspect that this law school student will have a rude awakening when he realizes that exploiting the law doesn't work for anyone - lawyers included.
Keep us posted,
-Z-man.