I recently moved in with my parents & need to know my rights in KY. I pay $300 a month/no room, bed provided.?

[denys]

A little background - My family is extremely dis-functional. I'm a great, loving, respectful young woman. Honestly, I'm the only sane one in the house - It would be funny but mental illness is no joking matter. I've had to deal with my mother & father's personality disorders all my life & got away as soon as I could when younger. I've been out of my parents house & pretty much completely out of contact with them since I was 16 years old, really 12 years old (long story). Over the past almost 10 years the only exceptions(of seeing them - any part of the immediate family) being Christmas, every year to every other year as well as occasionally here & there to visit either sister or parents.

QUESTION: Where can I find a website with rights for a tenant renting from a private home? My parents don't own the house but are in the process of buying. Wouldn't this qualify as subletting? Or is that only leasing? I rent no room, only use a bed & a dresser (they're my nephew's(6 yrs. old) - so we share them, my sister & him just recently moved out but come back often - it's complicated - so sometimes I sleep on the couch) I occasionally use the computer for internet, like right now, but they disconnect it constantly when I'm on it to exert control, so saying it's not part of the rent gives them a reason to(their reasoning) take it away at will. They also threaten kicking me out whenever they feel or for example don't like what I'm saying(having an opinion, which I don't share often at all. I can't have an opinion in this house). Is there a protocol to follow when kicking someone out/evicting in KY? I've heard you've got 30 days from the time of the eviction notice here in KY. They also threaten calling the cops on me nonstop for nonsense(which is why I'd like to know my rights). I never bother them. I help out & buy them medicine, food anything they need for the house since my father recently lost his job & got a lower paying one a couple of months ago. They've got no respect for me. - Just giving some background info. if anyone's got some good advice legally about what my rights are. I just don't like to be threatened or bullied. - So if anyone knows where I could find this info or point me in the right direction. It'd be very appreciated! Thanks & God Bless.

[jaren12]

Unless you've signed a lease with your parents, legally you don't have any "rights." You should have set ground rules when you moved in with them. Best thing for you to do is to move out.

[gobrwy]

It sounds to me like you should find some one else to take your 300.00 a month payment and move.

Its always hard when you take family to court and realistically if you did take them to court you wouldent want to actually live in the same house with them. I am sure going to court would make every one angry and very hard to live with.

[darce]

It sounds to me like you should find some one else to take your 300.00 a month payment and move.

Its always hard when you take family to court and realistically if you did take them to court you wouldent want to actually live in the same house with them. I am sure going to court would make every one angry and very hard to live with.

I think you are merely contributing to the household. If you wanted to move out you could find a roommate, have your own bedroom plus kitchen and living room availablity for $300 a month.
Look on Craigslist or your local newspaper to find something. There may be someone in your area in the same situation who could go in halves for a 2 bedroom or 2 other roommates looking for someone to share a 3 bedroom.
All families are dysfunctional.
Finally, you have no lease so you have no legal rights. You could fesibly come home to find yourself locked out. and, because its a family situation, and a shaky one at that, I'd start looking immediately.
Best of luck.

[bocley]

Here is a site with the info you need. http://www.ehow.com/info_7755325_kentucky-laws-tenant-rights.html

BTW: by your own admission, your family is totally dysfunctional, long term mental health problems are an issue and your life there was miserable. You got away once. Why, after 10 years would you come back and think things would be any different?

[cuartio52]

You aren't a subletter.

Unfortunately, you aren't truly a tenant either. You are in a very very nasty grey area.

Your situation is complicated by a number of issues. The first is that you don't have a written lease. I don't EVER recommend that an adult child move in with his/her parents without one. (But if your parents have documented mental health issues, you could have problems enforcing a lease. Additionally, if there are any disputes about the lease - any ambiguities will be construed AGAINST the drafter . . . so if you are the one to draw up the lease, you would be on the defensive to enforce it.)

The second is that you don't have a private room. A tenant, even a roommate, actually HAS a room. By not having a room, you are in "couch surfer" realm. This makes you look more like a guest - and guests can be asked to leave.

The third is that your rent seems to be very, very low. (I don't know what the cost of living is in your area - so I might be mistaken.) $300 seems as though it would cover food and utilities - but not much else. If this is the case, a judge (or even the police) could decide you weren't really a tenant but were just kicking in to cover your expenses.

The fourth is that you are an adult child living in your parents' home. This means the police are going to be much less inclined to intervene if your parents try to kick you out. They will be more inclined to side with your parents and tell you to pursue your remedies in small claims court.

The fifth is that you are an adult child living in your parents' home. This means if there is any kind of disturbance and your parents point the finger at you, you could potentially be arrested for DV and/or your parents could possibly obtain a restraining order against you that would essentially result in your immediate eviction.

I've worked on thousands of landlord/tenant cases over the years. And the ones involving parents and adult children are always the ones that end up being the most complicated and difficult to deal with. And frankly, they are the most likely (in my experience) to result in an unfair decision for the children.