tenant death landlord rights? california?

Question

scenario:an unmarried couple sign a lease agreement. one of the two moves out but remains on lease and returns to the house daily to care for the other who has suffered a stroke. her belongings still remain as well but does maintain a second address. the stroke victom dies and the benificiary (adult offspring of deceased) comes to house and changes locks and removes entire contents that belonged to the couple and tells girl that she is not allowed on property. not allowed to remove her personal belongings or anything. the property is a rental mind you my question is does the benificiary have the right to evict the co leaser and change the locks without the actual owners consent? can the landlord let the co leaser in to get her stuff? can the benificary do this? the landlord knew of the one moving and was aware of reasons and knew she still came in daily and they still were a couple. no changes were made to lease. the landlord sideswith the co leaser
any one know?

Answer 1

The benificiery had no right to change the locks. Only the landlord can change them, not even the renter has that right.

They should not have had access to the property at all w/o the presnt lease holder present.

As landlord you MUST give the lease holder access to the apartment/house. A locksmith can help you with that.

This other person only has rights to the personal property of the deceased (sorry, being a "couple" gives no legal rights), not the living quarters and belongs of the other renter.

Personally I would sue for destruction of property if someone changed the locks on my homes w/o my consent. What a nasty person this is to lock someone out of their property (very illegal BTW).

Answer 2

As long as your name is on that lease Honey, it's your apartment now, the landlord should know this.
Contact the landlord and tell them you want in and now. If they refuse you, you have a copy of the lease I hope or they do, have the cops go with you, tell them the story and that your locked out.
If somehow this doesn't work out, file a claim in small claims court for your property, don't forget to add all the charges, I think they'll come around then.

The beneficiary has no right to anything in that unit, they don't own it.

Answer 3

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