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You need to stop listening to "everyone" and get the facts. Yes, tenants have rights and so do you. You have the right to expect rent from your property and hopefully you had a tight written agreement.

The only logical reason for an eviction taking several months to evict is because the preparer was incompetent. Naturally a Judge has to dismiss incompetent filings and once again, CLERKS THAT TAKE YOUR FILINGS AND FEES CANNOT GIVE LEGAL ADVICE!

I recall a property owner once, let's call him "Cheapskate Charlie." He was so tight with a buck that he squeaked. He rented his half million dollar house to some people without doing a background, rental reference or credit check. Because they went to his same Church, he "believed" them to be fine people.

After three months of excuses, lies and stalls, "Cheapskate Charlie" decided to evict. He found out that service was going to cost him several hundred dollars plus filing fees. Being the "do it yourselfer " type he did it himself. His case was dismissed, he prepared the documents again and that was also dismissed. His tenants were experts at this and had 17, that's right 17 prior evictions on their record going back 8 years! The tenants knew the process.

When I came into the scene, "Cheapskate Charlie" had lost 8 months of rent. Eight months at $2,200.00 a month = $17,600.00 gone forever. By trying to save a few hundred dollars, he lost thousands and STILL the tenants had the property hostage.

I began the process and I will say, the tenants fought really hard. They knew every step. The eviction took 2.5 months. Total loss to the owner? $23,100.00 to save how much? I will admit tghat I couldn't help but remind 'ol Charley of his folly, so to answer this simple question with a long answer, if the procedure is properly and accurately prepared, no matter how many children are living in the property, the tenant will get evicted and usually within six weeks to two months. At least that's my track record.