Posted on 05/23/2018 12:13:50 AM PDT by EinNYC
A 30-year-old man was ordered to vacate his parent's Syracuse-area home Tuesday after they sued him because he refused to leave.
After the ruling by State Supreme Court Justice Donald Greenwood, son Michael Rotondo said, "This is outrageous" and said he would appeal the decision.
Rotondo's parents said he wouldn't leave the house despite several notices. Rotondo claimed that, legally, he wasn't given enough notice to leave, maintaining that six months is a more reasonable time frame.
Parents Mark and Christina Rotondo said they began giving him notices as early as February 2, 2018. The parents said they also offered their son $1,100 to help him find a place of his own. Michael Rotondo said he did take the money, but it wasn't enough to live anywhere else.
The judge asked adult protective services to check on the case as he's concerned about what's happening at the home.
According to court filings, Michael Rotondo doesn't contribute to the family's expenses and doesn't help out with the chores.
His parents even say they've offered to help him get started on his own. Rotondo is calling his parent's effort "retaliatory."
With reporters watching in court, Michael Rotondo sparred with Greenwood for 30 minutes, at one point refusing the judge's request to work things out directly to his parents, who were sitting quietly nearby.
When Greenwood called Rotondo up to the bench, the long-haired and bearded son tried to bring the podium with him - noting it held the reporters' microphones.
He then called out for television camera crews to meet him outside the courthouse. There, he answered their questions, telling them he occupies a bedroom in his parents' home, doesn't speak to them and isn't ready to leave home.
Rotondo, who runs a website business, moved back home eight years ago after losing a job.
He said Tuesday that he plans to get some things from home and isn't sure where he will stay.
I think a person can still be just a plain ol’ bum without having to be all of those other things, and I’ll bet parents are more reluctant to boot their daughters out of the nest than they are their sons.
He can live at Starbucks now. Free wi-fi and don’t have to buy anything!
“He can live at Starbucks now. Free wi-fi and don’t have to buy anything!”
And toilets. Don’t forget the toilets.
I just evicted my youngest son a few weeks ago, after 6 months of him screwing atound, smoking dope (like I couldn't tell, heh), quitting or getting fired from 4 jobs, and playing video games. I made it clear that if he wasn't gone by the beginning of May, I would have a deputy drag him out and bring along a drug dog for good measure to go over his room and walk past his car.
This was his third and last chance to come home to get sorted out. May seem like a heavy-handed approach, but I'm no longer in a condition to go for a roll in the dirt with a 6'1" 250lb baby huey that said he wanted to beat me down.
Why am I saying all this? I woke up an hour ago with heartburn and I'm still waiting for the antacids to work....lol.
1) Find his stash and turn his sorry ass in to th law.
2) Baseball bat meet computer...problem 2 and 3 solved
Next time he leaves the house have the locks changed. Put his shit out on the porch!!!
I don’t think this is unusual. As parents get elderly they don’t stand up to their children and get stuck in situations. I know of two similar sad situations.
Empty all of his accommodations/furniture/clothing and put locks on the bathrooms and the fridge w/o giving him the combinations.
I did the same thing to my son when he was 18. Pot, liquor. constant traffic fines. He is now 45 and a teacher and coach. Says my kicking him out was a wake up call and completely agrees with my decision!!!
Discontinue to provide internet service and get your own cell phone. Unhook every possible landline you can... And that computer gaming fool will probably leave for greener pastures.
Oh, and don’t forget to start cooking from scratch. Everything. no cans no boxes just raw ingredients and the idiot in the spare bedroom won’t even know how to graze.
that’s rough, but I agree you did the right thing. That first step of really being a grown-up - i.e. going out on your own - is hard, but it doesn’t get easier for them by waiting til they’re thirty! Good luck to you and your son.
Just walk around naked all the time. They’ll move out.
I Joined the United States Navy to get away from my parents and WORTHLESS Home Town.
A couple weekends at the Mosque and he’ll be good to go.
Exactly. Why wasn’t the son’s stuff out on the front porch and all the locks changed in the house when he got back from court?
true. My husband would have booted out a son, but not a daughter.
Tough, but necessary. Maybe hand him a copy of Jordan Peterson’s 12 Rules for Life and call it good.
he’s already got the beard ready
***Any ideas?***
NO!!
He had two stable parents, - clearly he always had psychological problems, which were not identified as such or treated. How many parents ever acknowledge they have ‘crazy’ kids until it’s too late?
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