Author Topic: What should widows do? (Read 1675 times)

Seraphia · « **Reply #15 on:** June 13, 2013, 10:30:35 PM »

Quote from: Tiffany

Two weeks from delinquent to evicted doesn't seem believable unless you were in a motel. Even in places where tenants have no rights, they have to give you notice, file, have you served, a hearing is scheduled, then have you served again.

It is when you rent a place (in this case a trailer) from week to week. And the manager is used to getting rid of people quickly. The manager could also prove I was not holding a job at the time (small town so many people knew what was going on, but did nothing) therefore the sheriff could proceed accordingly.

Marlelar · « **Reply #16 on:** June 13, 2013, 10:32:39 PM »

how could someone give a thumbs down to Seraphia relating her life story???

Marsha

Seraphia · « **Reply #17 on:** June 13, 2013, 10:34:20 PM »

Quote from: Napoli

Very sad story seraphia. Hope you can finally have things turn your way. I will pray for you.

Thank you Napoli. We have the True Faith. And that is the most important thing of all.

Seraphia · « **Reply #18 on:** June 13, 2013, 10:37:11 PM »

Quote from: Marlelar

how could someone give a thumbs down to Seraphia relating her life story???

Marsha

Don't worry, I've come to expect that on this forum. I only posted because someone asked a question dealing with this very subject.

Tiffany · « **Reply #19 on:** June 13, 2013, 10:46:12 PM »

Quote from: Marlelar

how could someone give a thumbs down to Seraphia relating her life story???

Marsha

I did, as the timeline seems unrealistic with from the eviction to the bankruptcy within two weeks of being widowed. Someone is not going to pay for a bankruptcy or even have the time to give the paperwork to a lawyer when they need a place to live.

Tiffany · « **Reply #20 on:** June 13, 2013, 10:51:25 PM »

Quote from: Seraphia

Quote from: Tiffany
Two weeks from delinquent to evicted doesn't seem believable unless you were in a motel. Even in places where tenants have no rights, they have to give you notice, file, have you served, a hearing is scheduled, then have you served again.

It is when you rent a place (in this case a trailer) from week to week. And the manager is used to getting rid of people quickly. The manager could also prove I was not holding a job at the time (small town so many people knew what was going on, but did nothing) therefore the sheriff could proceed accordingly.

A landlord can't call the sheriff and say my tenant does not have a job so evict them. The sheriff knowing an eviction is inevitable is different than the sheriff evicting someone. I agree they may have ways of getting rid of people quickly but that is different than a legal eviction.

Seraphia · « **Reply #21 on:** June 13, 2013, 11:11:52 PM »

Quote from: Tiffany

Quote from: Marlelar
how could someone give a thumbs down to Seraphia relating her life story???

Marsha

I did, as the timeline seems unrealistic with from the eviction to the bankruptcy within two weeks of being widowed. Someone is not going to pay for a bankruptcy or even have the time to give the paperwork to a lawyer when they need a place to live.

*sigh* I didn't know I would have to go into so much detail. The start up paperwork for a bankruptcy is done for nearly nothing (I think it was $20, or it might have been even waived, it's been a while) that's just a tiny token to 'hire' the lawyer. The business my husband had started up was new and I knew I could not pay what was due. The bankruptcy court case was completed and paid for nearly four months later. And I'm sure it was the cheapest the lawyer ever charged because I've never heard of anyone paying as little as I did. But once the preliminary paperwork is filled out your creditors know you have filed and cannot harass you. You, therefore, are already bankrupt and have proof in the proceedings, i.e. unpaid bills that you have proof you are unable to pay and a lawyer to back you up. I thought maybe the lawyer also would have information that I didn't have as to an avenue of help.

I'm sorry if you don't think that would be important. But talking to a lawyer should be one of the first things you do. In fact it's foolish to not do so. I take being homeless very seriously, and needed to know my rights -- the most important was whether the state could take my son away.

The lawyer could have sent me to a shelter -- but the only one was for battered women, and like it or not in this world, after a phone call, I was not eligible.

Seraphia · « **Reply #22 on:** June 13, 2013, 11:25:04 PM »

Quote from: Tiffany

Quote from: Seraphia
Quote from: Tiffany
Two weeks from delinquent to evicted doesn't seem believable unless you were in a motel. Even in places where tenants have no rights, they have to give you notice, file, have you served, a hearing is scheduled, then have you served again.

It is when you rent a place (in this case a trailer) from week to week. And the manager is used to getting rid of people quickly. The manager could also prove I was not holding a job at the time (small town so many people knew what was going on, but did nothing) therefore the sheriff could proceed accordingly.

A landlord can't call the sheriff and say my tenant does not have a job so evict them. The sheriff knowing an eviction is inevitable is different than the sheriff evicting someone. I agree they may have ways of getting rid of people quickly but that is different than a legal eviction.

Oh I could have filed for an appeal from the notice I was served. But what good what that have done? I did not have the money for the back rent nor the current rent. So I would have went to court and lied about it so I could have stayed on for two weeks? Promised a windfall of money was on the horizon? And for what?

When I moved into Section 8 housing, I went to see my old manager (as I ended up living only a half a mile from where I once lived) and asked him if I needed to repay him.

It was one of the best decisions of my life as he took me to his shed out back and in it was all my important household effects. He delivered it to me the next day and told me not to worry about the rent I owed. He couldn't do anything about me getting kicked out but he told me he knew I'd come back someday.