Aunt evicting my family on oral lease

By mln

We live in Ohio. My husband’s maternal aunt and uncle have been gracious enough to rent a property to my family so we can get back on our feet after my husband’s business fell apart. The uncle insisted upon an oral lease, that they were and would not evict us if we ran into a problem paying the rent. Well unfortunately we did and had to speak to them about making arrangements so that we could keep a roof over our children’s heads. The uncle stated as long as my husband kept him aware of the situation, even after stating if we ran into financial problems we would work something out, that we would not get thrown out. Now both my husband’s aunt and uncle gave us a paper stating that we had to get out for nonpayment of rent, even after stating as long as we made weekly payments of any amount of money, we would not get evicted. His uncle proceeded to say he didn’t think we would catch up on the monies owed and they want us out on that basis.
My question is this: how many days does he have to give us a notice and how many days do we legally have to move? He and the aunt have basically threatened us weekly with eviction for almost a year and have made the stress of getting back on our feet impossibly worse-as well as almost making it impossible FOR us to get back on our feet as my husband has been paying what he can weekly and I am searching for full-time employment.
This is an unusual family situation, but what are our rights under this oral lease that changes weekly? We are definitely moving, but we need the money to move first and their notice was handed to us unfairly. Any suggestions please!

Edited on: Saturday, November 12th, 2011 9:12 pm

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Sunshine

May 27th, 2011 1:39 pm

Landlords who have oral agreements for weekly tenancies must provide tenants with seven days notice to vacate. And with month-to-month agreements, must provide a 30-day notice period. They must serve your family with the written notice through certified mail, hand delivery or posting at the rental unit. But they’re your relatives. They should have consider your situation and give you enough time to provide the money you needed. They knew you have financial problems from the very start. And they even said that you will not be evicted when it comes to pay the rental. You must have to talk to them not as a tenant but as a family relative and understand each other. Because they might have a problem like yours.


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