Adult Children Living at Home - what do you do if you want them to leave?

It’s not uncommon for older people to find themselves sharing their home with an adult child. Adult children may want to move in with their parents because they have lost their job, had a relationship breakdown or for some other reason. You may be thinking about offering your child a temporary ‘refuge’ until they are able to support themselves again. You may already be in this situation. Or perhaps your children never moved out of home in the first place. However, it is not unusual for older people to want their adult children to leave their home because they are abusive and disrespectful, because they don’t make any financial contribution or contribute to the house work, or simply because the arrangement isn’t working anymore.