COLUMBIA, SC (WIS) - A 14-year old got eviction papers, but forgot to give them to his mom. The mom called saying she could lose her home because the important papers were given to a teenager and not to her.
Donna Richardson didn't see it coming. On her door Thursday morning she got the eviction notice "saying I had 24-hours to be out, which I was not aware. I was totally clueless."
So she went to the magistrate's office, only to find the first notice was left at her apartment more than two-weeks ago. But Richardson didn't remember getting it. "I was dumbfounded. I was like, 'What is going on?'"
That's because the first notice was left with her son. He's 14, and he forgot to tell mom. She says, "He could've been playing Playstation at the time, and lost his mind. I never got the notice."
"I don't know what makes it okay to give a 14-year-old something that important."
Richardson says, luckily, she can stay in her apartment. She's worked the problem out with management. But when it comes to evictions, she still wants to know, what's with state procedure?
WIS News 10 took that question to the magistrate's office. They gave us a book. Inside, under rule 4-D-1, we found that the notices can be served to anyone other than a minor or an incompetent person. A minor is defined as someone under the age of 14.
"Somebody needs to change the law," Richardson says. "This is ridiculous, got to be some kind of cut-off on what you can leave with a 14-year-old."
The magistrate declined any further comment on the case, but Richardson says someone needs to give her some answers. Her son is off the hook. "Haha, I'm not mad at him. I love him, but I just need to know what's going on. He says he doesn't remember getting the notice, but I'm not mad at him."
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