Rent Watch: Subtenant Unlawful Detainers & Landlord Pet Discretion
QUESTION: For many years, I have been living with my sister and her husband in an apartment they rent. The property manager knows I live there, but I pay rent to my sister who pays the property manager. Much to my surprise I learned the hard way that my sister had stopped paying the rent and that an eviction case had been filed against her and her husband. I only found out when I came home one day and found a sheriff’s notice on the front door stating that we would be physically evicted in five days. I never received any court papers and when I asked my sister for the court papers, I saw that I was never named as a defendant in the court case. I didn’t do anything wrong here and I wonder if I can continue to live in this apartment.