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We just found out my (maybe) recovering addicted stepchild has been stealing from us
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<blockquote data-quote="feelingfrustrated" data-source="post: 648482" data-attributes="member: 18778"><p>Thank you all for responding. Nancy, this young woman is 21 years old, and until just this past year, has refused to live with us since she was 17. I suspected she was using drugs before she moved out before, and also suspect that back then she stole my grandmother's diamond ring (valued back in 1997 at $3,800) which was bequeathed to me. I was resistant to her moving back in with us, but felt I had no choice as my husband truly wanted to help her recover from her drug addiction and help her get back on her feet. As a parent myself, I didn't feel that I could deny him that opportunity, and at first, things were okay. She was getting help, going to meetings, looking for employment. But gradually, over time, I believe she has slipped back into her old habits as she disappears from our home for days on end, not telling us where she is going or where she's been, or when she expects to return. She has not kept a job longer than 2 weeks (coincidentally? just long enough to get her first paycheck?) and just recently lost another. </p><p></p><p>I am glad my husband is finally seeing the light that she can no longer live with us, but my heart hurts for his pain. </p><p></p><p>I am looking into whether or not we need to go through the eviction process and, as I read the Wisconsin Landlord/Tenant law, I believe that as she did not have a lease and was not paying rent, that she is not considered a "tenant", but rather a "tenant at will". I am checking with a lawyer in my area, though, to confirm the information I have obtained through my own reading of the statutes.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="feelingfrustrated, post: 648482, member: 18778"] Thank you all for responding. Nancy, this young woman is 21 years old, and until just this past year, has refused to live with us since she was 17. I suspected she was using drugs before she moved out before, and also suspect that back then she stole my grandmother's diamond ring (valued back in 1997 at $3,800) which was bequeathed to me. I was resistant to her moving back in with us, but felt I had no choice as my husband truly wanted to help her recover from her drug addiction and help her get back on her feet. As a parent myself, I didn't feel that I could deny him that opportunity, and at first, things were okay. She was getting help, going to meetings, looking for employment. But gradually, over time, I believe she has slipped back into her old habits as she disappears from our home for days on end, not telling us where she is going or where she's been, or when she expects to return. She has not kept a job longer than 2 weeks (coincidentally? just long enough to get her first paycheck?) and just recently lost another. I am glad my husband is finally seeing the light that she can no longer live with us, but my heart hurts for his pain. I am looking into whether or not we need to go through the eviction process and, as I read the Wisconsin Landlord/Tenant law, I believe that as she did not have a lease and was not paying rent, that she is not considered a "tenant", but rather a "tenant at will". I am checking with a lawyer in my area, though, to confirm the information I have obtained through my own reading of the statutes. [/QUOTE]
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