Residental Leases in Texas?

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My mother is renting from a lady who is now my grandfathers widow. The widow bumped up the rent, after my grandfather died, on my mom making it difficult for her to pay the monthly rent all at once, so my mother will send her $200 a week for 3 weeks and then $75 the 4th week, or $200 for 2 weeks and $275 the 3rd week, regardless the widow is taking payments from my mom. 3 days ago my mom was admitted to the hospital and will be out Friday. The widow was suppose to paint my moms house, so my sister let the widow know that my mom was in the hospital and she isn't at home to let the painters in. The widow replied, "who's paying the rent? When is your mother moving?" It seems after my grandfather died, his widow has been constantly threatening my mother; she is going to get a constable and put her stuff to the curb. She never tells my mom this, she always tells my sister or I via email. But yet she has been accepting these payments and sending receipts. There is a lease between them. Does accepting the payments void the lease? I have tried looking up rental agreement laws, but it is such a tangled web in Texas.

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

If this women is accepting payments, both parties are in terms of the lease. Legally, she has to follow an eviction process and cannot just put your belongings out on the curb. Note: She also cannot enter in to your apartment without notifying you first, and if I'm correct, an email isn't going to cut it in court.

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Sailor Take your ancient rent and examine it with the person who the brand new landlord desires you to signal. If IDENTICAL, you lose not anything. Then once more, legally, you might most commonly refuse to signal the brand new one. This will certainly alienate you and the brand new landlord. Negotiation of cut back hire is a two manner road. Your negotiation of the cut back hire are not able to occur till Sept besides if the brand new rent is same to the ancient one. Sometimes exercise your authorized rights in the end does not repay, above all when you've got not anything to lose. Remember, your goal is cut back hire. Good good fortune

LovesTheConstitution · Answer

Read the lease.  What is required of the parties?

You or your mother may wish to read Chapter 24 of the Texas Property Code, concerning rights and responsibilities in eviction cases.

If your mother makes late payments that are not allowed by the lease, she may be in default and subject to eviction.

What this person tells others by email or carrier pigeon will not matter.  Her communications with her tenant matter.

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