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Who can I ask for help removing someone from my place? She is going to be 70. Her kids don't want her. They're making excuses that their mom does not want to move from here to Michigan. I can't take responsibility for her as I am already 68 years old. I want her out as soon as possible. She was asked to move last year, too. But making excuses that she is searching for apartment and that senior care denied her.

Research landlord tenant laws for your state and city. That will give you a good idea of what you may have to do if she will not leave when asked. Normally, it involves paperwork filled out and filed at the courthouse, and then served by a process server (though sometimes you don't have to hire someone, it just can't be you that serves it). You have to be careful to do this exactly as the law in your state prescribes. You may find paying an attorney pricey but it could be worth it as in many jurisdictions if you do this the wrong way you can be fined, or it will make the case drag out even longer. Sometimes you can get away with having one or two meetings with the attorney and then you do the rest of it yourself.

If she has lived there that long, even if she is not paying rent, she has to be legally evicted, as stated by Grandma and Joann. You cannot do what is known as a "constructive eviction" which involves things like throwing belongings out, changing the locks, turning off heat or water to the property, or harassing them with loud music or sudden construction in areas where the tenant is, or making their lives difficult in the service of getting them out.

You don't say if you have any relation to her, if you've given her any recent requests for her to leave, or if this woman has any cognitive difficulties. That will all play into how this goes.

You should sit her down and tell her it's long time past when she should have gone, you have been very generous, but it is time to go. You tell her that she will have 30, 60, 90 days to get out or you will evict her. I would also hand her a written notice at that time saying she has to leave. Keep a copy. Take a photo of her accepting it if possible.

How did she end up there with you?
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My guestion is why have you waited so long? How is this person related to you?

You need to do a legal eviction and do it right. You cannot change the locks and throw her belongings out the door. She now has legal residency. You have to give her the time that is legally allowed in your jurisdiction. If she still refuses to leave you may have to get the police involved to excort her from the property. You may have to take her to court and a Judge tell her she needs to leave.
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You have to LEGALLY evict her.
You go to your local County Courthouse and ask for the papers to fill out to file for an eviction.
You will probably first send her a certified letter giving her 30 days to vacate the property. After the 30 days if she is not gone then you will file paperwork to request an eviction.
You complete the papers and you will get a court date.
Once you get the court date the Judge will probably give this person 30 days at least to leave but they may be given longer.
You can NOT remove any personal belongings until that date. You can request that the Sheriff be present be help with the eviction.
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Check with your county regarding eviction laws. You will probably have to give her 30 or 45 days notice and tape a sign up.
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Consult a lawyer.
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Give her 30 days notice. Have a locksmith scheduled for that day. Change the locks and put her belongings out in the yard. She can call her children, or go to a hotel or shelter. Yes, there are probably residency laws, but as long as you give the advance notice, the burden will be on her to get a lawyer, which it sounds like she doesn't have enough initiative to do.
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You likely need to begin eviction proceedings since she has established residency over 10 years,
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Got to a lawyer to see if you can have her evicted .
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You'll have to tell us who this person is to you and how they ended up in your home.
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