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She hasn't given me a call back and I left her a couple of voicemails.
If I do rehome, will she take legal action against me?
I would like to keep the little guy. And I'm making plans to move to a new place in a couple of months. When SR and I get a new place I'll take him with me if I have to. I called a pet boarder to make arrangements to hold the critter until either the coworker calls back or I get a new place.
If you haven't heard back from your ex-coworker yet, I would send her a certified letter, stating the facts of the case: she asked you to take care of her hamster for a defined period of time (give the dates); this time has passed; you have made several attempts to contact her (give the dates); she has not responded. State that if she does not respond by "X" date, you will consider the hamster to be abandoned and deal with him as you see fit.
If you haven't heard back from your ex-coworker yet, I would send her a certified letter, stating the facts of the case: she asked you to take care of her hamster for a defined period of time (give the dates); this time has passed; you have made several attempts to contact her (give the dates); she has not responded. State that if she does not respond by "X" date, you will consider the hamster to be abandoned and deal with him as you see fit.
If the co-worker is as sue crazy as the OP the would be the safe way to deal with it.
If you rent a room in a house, then that room is legally your property. If the police come in with a warrant to search the house, legally they have to have a separate warrant to search your room as well or they can't enter it. If you are paying rent for the room and have any kind of signed contract with your parents, then your parents have to respect your privacy and give you notice to enter your room. They also have to go through the legal motions of having you evicted just as if you lived in an apartment and they were the managers or owners.
Of course, the first thing you have to do is have a contract. You also should be getting receipts for the rent you pay to them. If you have cancelled checks, you could use those. If your parents called the police on you and tried to have you thrown out, they can't do it, as long as you have proof that you are legally paying your agreed upon rent.
I found this all out when I was renting a room in a friend's house and found out the friend had drugs all over the house. As she kept a trunk of hers in my room, I was concerned what would happen in a bust if the police searched the locked trunk and found her drugs in my room. I was told by the police at that time that they couldn't legally enter my room without a separate warrant, which in retrospect, might not have been hard to get. I solved the problem by finding another place to live.
Having said all this, though, you need to check the laws of your city and/or state and find out exactly where you stand.
You also should make an effort to find the owner of the hamster. If she doesn't claim it by the time you tell her to, you should have the right to rehome it. Check around to see if there are any rat or mouse or hamster clubs in the area. There may be a rescue organization. If there are no clubs, check the Humane Society. They may be able to take it. If all else fails, you're the one responsible, so rather than chuck it out, you should pay to have it put down at the vet's if worst comes to worst. Then make fast tracks to get out of that house, however you have to do it.
You really know that the pet owner is not going to take the pet back. You were only to keep it for a week, and after 2 weeks she has not come back for it, and she cannot be reached, so you know she was just dumping it on you to get a home for it.
You act like you have a lease, and can do whatever you want. But your mother has a no pet policy, and you have broken the lease. The fact that you have been hiding it from your mother for 2 weeks, proves you knew you mother would not approve the pet.
Your mother says the pet or both of you have to go. She is just enforcing the house rules of no pets.
Under the circumstances you will lose any suit, as you are the one in violation that has violated the house rules. And the judge would in all probability award your mother court costs for your suit, so you would be paying both lawyers.
27. Living with parents. Talking about eviction over a hamster.
I don't know what's sadder... the situation described or that the OP actually made this thread.
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