Girlfriends brother refusing to pay rent

KS1990

My girlfriends brother is currently living rent free in there late mothers house. He paid rent when she was alive now he's refusing to pay.

Its a long story I'll try shorten it. There are 3 brothers in the house X, Y and Z. X looks after Y as he is disabled he has an Acquired Brain Injury from an accident as a child, he has the mindset of a child despite being in his 30's. There's rules to keep him safe, one of those is he cant have certain things as they affect his brain for example too much caffeine etc. Z recently brought coffee into the home and Y got his hands on it. He drank so much that it looked like he was having a stroke he couldn't move his left side of his body at the time it happened they didn't know it was from the coffee. If he had of fell and hit his head he could have died from previous injuries from the accident.

After this there was a huge argument my girlfriend threw all the coffee out and told Z not to bring it back in that it has a serious effect on Y's body. Now he's refusing to pay rent and still bringing coffee home. On top of that he's now ignoring my girlfriend and her sister while living rent free. He hasn't held down a job in all the years I've been with my girlfriend.

The issue is the house was purchased with money from the courts after there brother was knocked down years ago. So its in his name, however, he is a ward of the court they control the monetary side of things and in turn deal with my girlfriend as expressed in her mothers will that she deal with the courts on her brothers behalf if he needs anything.

So what can she do? Can she simply throw his stuff out and change the locks? Does she have the call the guards or bring him to court? Since the house is in her disabled brothers name he has to be safe in the home which he isn't so does she not have grounds to throw him out for her brothers well being?

Any advice is appreciated

MarkAnthony

Legal advice can't be given here. The parties involved need to get proper legal advice. Moving forward only people that haver business living in the property need to live there namely, the ward, the carer and the carers partner, not a load of free-loading hangers on.

P. Breathnach

I think you need to clarify the matter in your own head, and focus on the core issues.

First, while the mother might have lived there and considered it her home, it looks as if the house belonged, and still belongs, to brother Y.

Second, the fact that brother Z lives there without paying rent might be annoying to those concerned for brother Y's welfare, but the real problem is that his behaviour constitutes a danger to brother Y.

Time for your girlfriend to consult a lawyer.

hullaballoo

To be honest, the best practical advice you can be given is to steer well clear of this issue yourself. It's between family and those disputes are extraordinarily unpredictable and are wont to destroy all manner of relationships, including your relationship with your girlfriend. Personally, I wouldn't even proffer the advice of telling her to get a solicitor. Once things go legal in these sorts of disputes, they tend to stay in that sphere and more often than not, if not in all cases, the outcome will be dissatisfactory to everyone involved and the very fact that you suggested it in the first place could damage you personally.

Let them sort it out themselves and don't get involved for your own sake.