Recent comments in /f/Maine

Soggy_Height_9138 t1_j7z587r wrote

IANAL. I am a realtor in VA (Maine expat). The advice about the rules being local is spot on. If the house is your primary residence the rules can be quite different than an apartment offered to the public at large. Residents in your primary home are generally considered lodgers, not tenants, and it is typically much easier to evict, if it even has to go that far.

Safest bet tho is to contact local legal advice. Good luck!

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HumpSlackWails t1_j7ywcc5 wrote

Unfortunately we can't make laws to keep children away from just men - with men being the overwhelming perpetrators of child sex abuse regardless of the gender of the child. And sex crimes in general, actually.

And violent crime.

And we can't really ban children from churches... I don't think. Maybe there's a way though.

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HumpSlackWails t1_j7yw76l wrote

Well, I think its clear why the child wasn't going to her parents with these identity issues.

And this is exactly why laws forcing disclosure are bad. These laws are about the PARENTS not the CHILD. They don't protect kids. If the kids aren't talking to those closest to them about these kinds of critical issues...

Try asking the kid why not. Then value their answer.

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AlternativeWay4729 t1_j7yt9eh wrote

She would have had to pay rent and be there for more than 28 days to be a tenant. But Maine eviction courts favor tenants even when landlords are in the right based on the law. Landlords who show up to court hoping for a clean eviction, if they lack counsel and do not have a perfect case, are essentially railroaded into arbitration before cases go to trial. Housing advocates appear in court to manage arbitration before each case is even heard. (This is based on experience in Waldo County, but it's a state law so I assume it's similar elsewhere.) So if you got rid of her, you are good and change the locks and you should probably never let her back in the house ever again, or at least not until you're sure she has a place of her own and is settled.

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