Two tenants, protection order, one left, one wants to stay.

[Gabe G.]

This is a first for me. I have a couple who was living in one of my units with their kids. I got a call from the woman tenant this morning, indicating that the male tenant, hit her, and she filed a protection order this morning. The male did not sleep there this weekend, but still has keys.

The female tenant, wants to continue to stay there with her kids. But the man is still legally on the lease, and has a right to half of the security deposit.

In this situation, what are my options, or in your opinion the best pathway forward.

other than this, they have been good tenants, who paid on time and were clean.

I'd like to keep her there with her children.

[Thomas S.]

The deposit stays with you and they work it out between them. She will owe him money.

If she qualifies under your screening criteria to manage the place on her own then she can stay otherwise they both go.

I personally would get rid of them both since this situation will likely be ongoing drama.