Blended family liability question.

My neighbor is a real nice guy, retired military, still goes to work every day, always there with a hand when you need it, keeps his stuff nice. He married what must have been the Queen of her trailer park, she came with three almost adult kids. Two are on their own, a 19 year old girl is still living at home. She crashes on the coush, sometimes with a boyfriend.

He started collecting data, bank statements, copies of the [soon to be plaintiff's] FaceBook where she had an online romance, and stashing it in my garage so she can't find it; to be used later. The bigger issue is the girl. Getting drunk and crashing her SUV four weekends in a row wasn't enough, she has moved on to bigger things and was caught with syringes and admits to a heroin problem; "but it's not a problem". There's a laundry list of incidents but you get the idea.

Here's the question:

When the cops boot in your front door and sweep through your house, how liable are you as an adult for the actions of a child under your roof?

Dan

Your house you are responsible. If she is driving his car and gets busted with meth, his car gets impounded he has to pay.

The real question that the forum has... any nekkid pixxorz?

John Brown wrote: ... any nekkid pixxorz?

...of my neighbor?

You scare me.

If he is doing his honest best to keep her off/away from drugs(which, as a 19-yr old is probably very little), and he does his best to keep the drugs out of the house, he will likely be ok.

I say all this having a friend whose adult kids have meth problems & (somewhat) reside at home. His son just got out of jail(the 2nd time) for meth-related crimes, and his daughter (who has been in & out several times) still comes around frequently. The son's parole officer is understanding of the situation & at no time has the father received any trouble from the law. He does cooperate fully with the law though.

Is a 19 year old with a heroin habit really a child? Aren't they responsible for their own messes after 18?

914Driver wrote: 19 year old girl is still living at home. When the cops boot in your front door and sweep through your house, how liable are you as an adult for the actions of an adult under your roof?

There ya go. It sounds like he has proof it wasn't him, or rather proof it was her if they do come busting down the door.

Step 1: Say "clean up your act"
Step 2: If that doesn't work, kick her out
Step 3: Might just want to kick her out anyways. If she's not in college, no reason to still be living with mom and [step]dad. She obviously has some source of money if she's using the drugs.

914Driver wrote:

John Brown wrote: ... any nekkid pixxorz?

...of my neighbor?

No dummy, of you!

Here ya go!

i would not hit that!

berkeley yeah Chinese Crested!

AngryCorvair wrote: i would *not* hit that!

Something already did... the oogly stick.

a/s/l?

Tell your buddy to "grab the handles and pull!" That plane is to close to the ground.

This guy was eight tenths of a second from impact and your buddy is not far behind.

We went through problems with my stepson and drugs. When I found stuff in the house we called the police. This happened multiple times. If your neighbor doesn't act and he has knowledge of illegal drugs or activity on the step daughters part, he is at risk of losing his house. It has happened to others before. By the way, the police were very concerned when they found evidence my stepson was trying to cook meth but because of our pro-active efforts never considered any action against us.

Your friend could be in a world of hurt if action isn't taken soon. All it would take is for the girl to sell/give a little horse to the wrong person and then there goes then distribution charges. Doubly worse if his home is within 1000ft. of a school.

The home owner can and do sometimes have their homes seized during drug stings. Sometimes it gets sorted out in court, sometimes it doesn't, but does he really want to spend the thousands on a lawyer unnecessarily?

'In the dark, all cats (dogs?) are gray'.

About the guy: he better call the po po quick and it has ~zip~ to do with the age or relationship of the person who is having the fuzz called on them. The LAST thing he needs is the narcs at his house beating down the door looking for dope; if it's happening in your house it's your responsibility. My dad got tied up in a bunch of crap because there was dope dealing in an apartment complex he owned. That was after he called the police numerous times to report it and they did nothing. Took forever to get that cleared up.

Then he needs to get rid of Trailer Trash Woman and her offspring quick, like change the locks and throw their crap on the curb quick.

Better to be safe than sorry. It hurts, but this girl is obviously getting money for drugs some how. I'd say give her an ultimatum. Rehab or live somewhere else.

I talked to him yesterday, taking a break from snow throwing. She's in rehab but takes the car for longer periods than the class. She is on some chemical/drug to ease her off heroin but it's not always available, so mom and 19 year old hit the bad parts of town looking for it.

Nice.

Ozzie & Harriet are dead. He's talking to a lawyer this week.

Sad when it comes to this, sounds like a good guy.