Woman accused of moving family into house while homeowner on vacation

[spaminator]

Woman accused of moving family into house while homeowner on vacation
QMI Agency
First posted: Wednesday, December 31, 2014 11:01 AM EST | Updated: Wednesday, December 31, 2014 11:09 AM EST
BARRIE, Ont. — Police say a North Bay, Ont., woman was arrested after she and her two children, along with her boyfriend, moved into a house in a city north of Toronto while the homeowner was on vacation.
Barrie police were called to a south-end neighbourhood at 11:20 p.m. Tuesday to investigate a possible break and enter.
The caller said he was out of town but had learned someone was using his home.
Police say a 29-year-old woman, her boyfriend, and her children, ages 5 and 7, had moved into the house. Police arrested the boyfriend earlier in the day for drug possession.
Another check with the homeowner confirmed no one should be in the house.
The woman was charged with being unlawfully in a dwelling house. She has outstanding charges from another province, so she was held in custody for a bail hearing.
A family member from North Bay came to care for her children, police said.
Woman accused of moving family into house while homeowner on vacation | Ontario

 

[Sal]

Woman accused of moving family into house while homeowner on vacation
QMI Agency
First posted: Wednesday, December 31, 2014 11:01 AM EST | Updated: Wednesday, December 31, 2014 11:09 AM EST
BARRIE, Ont. — Police say a North Bay, Ont., woman was arrested after she and her two children, along with her boyfriend, moved into a house in a city north of Toronto while the homeowner was on vacation.
Barrie police were called to a south-end neighbourhood at 11:20 p.m. Tuesday to investigate a possible break and enter.
The caller said he was out of town but had learned someone was using his home.
Police say a 29-year-old woman, her boyfriend, and her children, ages 5 and 7, had moved into the house. Police arrested the boyfriend earlier in the day for drug possession.
Another check with the homeowner confirmed no one should be in the house.
The woman was charged with being unlawfully in a dwelling house. She has outstanding charges from another province, so she was held in custody for a bail hearing.
A family member from North Bay came to care for her children, police said.
Woman accused of moving family into house while homeowner on vacation | Ontario

excuse me?

so the home owner just called in, and said "hey, squatters"

the police went in and removed them

done

she probably did this because she had heard of other cases where squatters had moved in and no one would do anything about it and in fact said the squatters were the ones with the rights not the owners so it escalated and took forEVER to sort out

look here...over in under 24 hours

funny how that works when things are just handled in a straight forward manner

 

[Ron in Regina]

Wonder what would have happened if the boyfriend couldn't be
removed over possession of drugs and the woman didn't have
outstanding charges in another province? Would they still be in
the vacationers home? Could they, as squaters, have told the
police to 'take a hike!' ????

 

[bill barilko]

Wonder what would have happened if the boyfriend couldn't be removed over possession of drugs and the woman didn't have outstanding charges in another province? Would they still be in the vacationers home? Could they, as squatters, have told the
police to 'take a hike!' ????

Not in Canada No-she entered unlawfully whether she broke in or just walked in an unlocked door-there are no squatter's rights in Canada.

 

[Ron in Regina]

Cool! Good to know!! Some scary stories out'a the USA regarding squatters.

 

[Cliffy]

This country was built by squatters. I think squatting should be legal only in places that are abandoned. There are more homes that have been foreclosed and left empty than there are homeless. There is no need for homelessness when there are enough abandoned houses to fill the need. And I think Bill is wrong about squatters rights. It is built into the BNA Act. Like I said, this country was built by squatters.

 

[Ludlow]

everyone's a squatter . unless they stand while they do it

 

[eh1eh]

This country was built by squatters. I think squatting should be legal only in places that are abandoned. There are more homes that have been foreclosed and left empty than there are homeless. There is no need for homelessness when there are enough abandoned houses to fill the need. And I think Bill is wrong about squatters rights. It is built into the BNA Act. Like I said, this country was built by squatters.

Actually this country was built by conquerors.

 

[SLM]

Cool! Good to know!! Some scary stories out'a the USA regarding squatters.

Rights-of-way, Easements, Squatters? Rights and Restrictive Covenants ? Canadian Real Estate Law

Adverse possession sounds so much more civilized than “squatters’ rights,” but it means the same thing. Through adverse possession, someone can actually take control of a piece of another person’s land. They may, for example, put their fence around a portion of another person’s land. It is different from an easement, which arises because someone crosses land. Adverse possession arises because someone is actually taking control and excluding the true owner from their property. That’s why the possession is called “adverse.”

Adverse possession is not available everywhere in Canada and, for example, it cannot be used to obtain possession of land owned by the Crown (the government). So forget about trying to take over a part of a provincial park or a national park simply by putting up a fence. There are also different ways each province and territory keeps track of registering title to property in Canada. One system is called the Land Titles System and the other is called the Registry System. Adverse possession is not possible against land that is covered by the Land Titles System. However, it is possible to obtain adverse possession against land that is registered under the Registry System. You need to check with a lawyer in your province if you are worried that someone is trying to take control of your property.

I think it is much more prevalent in the US though.

 

[bill barilko]

I think it is much more prevalent in the US though.

Mexico too-the rich will actually hire people to squat somewhere/occupy the (empty) land for something like 20 years before the process takes effect.

That's why absentee owners hire armed guards to be On Duty 24/7 not so much because of fear of robbery but occupation.

 

[Cliffy]

Actually this country was built by conquerors.

No. There were no real wars fought. We just overwhelmed the native population with numbers and assumed possession out of some misconception of superiority and divine permission.

 

[taxslave]

No. There were no real wars fought. We just overwhelmed the native population with numbers and assumed possession out of some misconception of superiority and divine permission.

Following age old tradition from Europe.

 

[damngrumpy]

Cliffy you got that right. In fact back then they stuck the natives on the crappiest land
they could find and now everyone is ticked because the worthless scrub land is the
land that has all the natural resources on it. It wasn't conquest either it was outright
theft.

 

[taxslave]

No it wasn't theft because the natives never had title to the land in the first place or anything resembling defined borders.
On the coast they got some of the best land for reserves although many of them are quite small.

 

[Cliffy]

No it wasn't theft because the natives never had title to the land in the first place or anything resembling defined borders.
On the coast they got some of the best land for reserves although many of them are quite small.

In BC, with no treaties, it is outright theft. Ownership is a European concept that comes from the aristocracy. It was a foreign concept to aboriginal people: how can you own your Mother?

 

[gerryh]

In BC, with no treaties, it is outright theft. Ownership is a European concept that comes from the aristocracy. It was a foreign concept to aboriginal people: how can you own your Mother?

You'll have to explain how something can be stolen that isn't owned by someone else. If it is just sitting there, and no one owns it, how can I be accused of stealing it?

 

[taxslave]

You'll have to explain how something can be stolen that isn't owned by someone else. If it is just sitting there, and no one owns it, how can I be accused of stealing it?

I could never figure that one out either.

 

[Angstrom]

No. There were no real wars fought. We just overwhelmed the native population with numbers and assumed possession out of some misconception of superiority and divine permission.

A natural occurrence.