A tenant, moved in with husband and kids about two year ago. They divorced and he move out about 1 year ago.

Now She is not paying rent and tells everyone she is pregnant and landlord can not evict her. She will sue landlord if anything wrong with her baby because of the stress.

We started eviction. Will the judge let pregnant woman to stay without paying?

That should have nothing to do with it. Judges are suppose to follow the law.

I evicted a tenant that was 8 1/2 months pregnant. I didn't know it at the time, but found out afterward. Even if I would have known, wouldn't have changed my mind. The rent wasn't being paid and her kids were DESTROYING the place.

Although judges are supposed to follow the law, many are elected. A judge who is going to face re-election might consider the fact that there are far more tenants than landlords, and that his evicting a pregnant woman might look bad for him if his re-election is challenged.

So although judges are supposed to follow the law, they sometimes do not.

Assuming that the fetus is not mine, the mother's problems are not mine. I'd evict now.

I've heard other people in Missouri claim that a LL cannot evict a pregnant woman. Not sure where they get that idea. I car pooled for a number of years who informed me of that, because her daughter was struggling to pay rent.

I asked where she got that idea, that there was nothing in the Missouri laws regarding it, and pregnancy does not negate the need to pay your rent. She claimed that she knew it because her husband was a police officer and he said so.

My response was just a "Hmmmmm".

This is no new story! Many people have personal problems. I tell all of my personal landlord friends they must deal with these kids of situations with "Special Attention".

Here is a similar example:

A friend inherited property from her parents. They owned a condo that none of the owners had been inside for 10 to 15 years, just the same tenant. A complaint was filed by the AOA that water was running all day and night. As a plumbing contractor I agreed to find and fix the leak. Every time I was given an appointment, it was canceled the day before.

So I told my friend the owner how to fill out and posts a 24 hours notice to enter. But in this case, call up your tenant, tell them you are posting a 24 hour notice, but are given them until the weekend -- 5 days.

This tenant was a pack-rat with many issues. So again I told the owner to first have a conversation about there not being a safe pathway to enter or exit. Things were piled to the ceiling and the pathway was only 12 inches wide. We were coming back in 30 days to inspect the unit and install new smoke detectors, c/o sensors and check all of the appliances, fixtures, etc. We followed up with a letter stating the same.

30 days later the tenant wasn't ready. So I had the owner follow up with another letter saying we are trying to work with the tenant and give them ample time to get things in order. If this is too difficult for the tenant to accomplish, let us know so we can help. Offer of a free dumpster put under their patio so things can be dropped into the bin instead of taking an elevator and walking 100's of feet.

The tenants said they could handle things themselves.

SO MY POINT, when we went to evict the tenant, we had six months of giving them every chance to accomplish reasonable tasks. No impossible hurdles to over come....

Then during the eviction process, the HOA had the Fire Department, The Health Department and other view the unit. It was "red" tagged, not livable due to Tenants lack of housekeeping skills.

SO the tenant got an attorney and doctor to confirm the tenant has "mental issues" and can not cope with his situation. The tenant wouldn't take any help from us and may little to no attempt at throwing anything out.

I had an expert give testimony that the tenant won't change his ways anytime soon and his actions put everyone in the condo complex in danger, a 200 unit building with over 500 persons living there. Too much of a risk.

Maybe you could set up Direct Deposit

with Friend of the Court.

I get really revved when women pull the 'baby' card. My recent happy clause was over a woman telling me the lack of heat might cause her to lose her baby after she left all the windows open. The only sure thing is you cannot rationalize with these women. My judge evicts babies both in and out of the womb.

As a resident physician in the 80s I ran a Marion County(Indianapolis) adolescent prenatal clinic. At 16 they went to the adult clinic so mine were 15 and under. An almost universal belief was once they got knocked up, they could get out of school and gym class.

They felt they should be totally taken care of. Hard to argue with that mindset. I did my best not give them any outs in a normal pregnancy.

she can relieve the stress immediately by paying rent.

my experience with evictions is that the tenants have watched too many movies and are getting advice from their imbecile friends. i had a tenant tell me he would "drag it out for 4-6 months..." i smiled and bet him $5 bucks he'd be out in less than 45 days. his case went to lockout in 38 days. he still owes me the $5.