Legal Question in Landlord & Tenant Law in California

Re: Renting 1/2 mobile home 9 mos suddenly park says I am guest not tenant

Sadly, you were probably not approved to live in the park as a tenant, but rather as a "caretaker" under the Mobile Home Residency Law. A park can allow a "caretaker" to live in a home in the park so long as a caretaker is required by written treatment plan signed by a physician. Caretakers never gain rights as a tenant - its a form of license which says that you your permission to live in the home in the park can be terminated at virtually any time, and without the normal notices required for a tenant. Ask the park managers for a copy of the approval when you moved in. It should either state that you were approved as a tenant (and as such, you have as much right to stay in the home as your aunt), or as a caretaker, in which case you cannot remain unless the park management will approve you as a tenant. Given all that has gone on, I doubt they will approve you to live there. Additionally, as you do not own the home, you are technically "subletting" the home, and that is not permissible in most mobile home parks. I don't think you have any cause against the park owners for damages, or to force them to let you live there. If nobody is living with the disabled boy, you need to do the right thing and contact social services to have them take him into custody, or get a court order naming you guardian and take him with you to where ever you are going to move. I'm sorry to have to be the bearer of bad news in this case, it sounds absolutely aweful.

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