N12 - Eviction Question

My ex-wife and I own an apartment that we have rented out to the same tenant for about 10 years. I am now in need of this apartment myself and I have successfully informed the tenant with the N12 form of my intentions to occupy the apartment. However, the tenant is also my ex-wife’s niece, and my ex-wife is against the eviction. My ex-wife has changed her permanent address to that of the apartment I am trying to evict her niece from. It now appears on paper that my ex-wife and her niece are both living in the apartment that I need to be moving into, and my ex-wife is also co-owner of the apartment.

Due to the cost of the divorce, I really need to move into this apartment. But, can I still proceed with the eviction after my ex-wife has made the apartment address her permanent address, while she is still on as co-owner of the building? And can she even do that? I don’t know what to do anymore, I don’t know of anyone else in this type of situation, and the Landlord/Tenant Board/SJS isn’t too helpful.

Hello,

Thank you for sharing your situation and question with us.

We can appreciate that you would be concerned about this situation.

It is best to contact the Landlord’s Self-Help Centre directly for some additional information specific to your situation. The Landlord’s Self-Help Centre is a non-profit community legal clinic which supports Ontario’s small-scale landlord community exclusively.

I hope this information is helpful. Please let us know if you have further questions and if there is any follow up to your question/situation.

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Anna
Settlement.Org Content and Information/Referral Specialist, CIRS
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