Tenant is suing for wrongful eviction.

[Andrew B.]

Hello everyone,

I purchased a property back in 2016 in Southern California. It's a duplex. Part of the purchase agreement was that the property would be vacant for us to take over. The previous landlord sent out move out 60 day notices because he was selling the property. One of the families moved out in June 2016. Property was purchased the middle of April 2016. The second tenant didn't move out until March 2017! She kept asking us for more time every time. She kept saying that section 8 wasn't really helping her find a new place therefore it was hard for her to find a new place. We ended up going to court as an eviction because she also stopped paying her portion of the rent and there was no other way of removing her.  In reality didn't have the desire to leave a 3bed 2 bath house with a garage for herself rent was only $1200. The house was a mess and full of a ton of items I don't even know how her section 8 inspections even got approved. Now she's suing us for wrongful eviction. We tried working with her we tried giving her as much time as she needed. It just got to the point where we needed the property for my sister to move in since was getting married soon and already had a newborn. Has anyone had this situation or something similar? The ex tenant is representing herself but I don't know if representing myself will be the best option since I dont want for her to keep coming back at me with another lawsuit I just want her to leave us alone and carry on with her life.