A 6 year-old evicted?
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The idea of a 6 year-old getting evicted is completely ridiculous. At that age, you could care less about getting a new car, a fancy home, or personal loans for emergency needs. So why would anyone insinuate such an idea? Well, in this story, that’s exactly what happens.
Kimberly was only six months old when she moved in with her grandparents. The state government discovered her mother was a chronic drug user, thus, little Kimberly was sent to live with her grandparents in their retirement condo in Florida. For the past years, 6 year-old Kimberly has been living there against strict regulation and is now facing eviction.
Struggling to Keep a Home
Jimmy and Judie Stottler live in a retirement community, a place where no one below the age of 55 is permitted to live in. However, that did not stop them from taking in their 6 year-old granddaughter. The Pinellas Park homeowners association is now demanding to remove the girl from the residence because of the estate’s strict rule against children living there. They want her out and have even taken the matter up to a judge to do it.
Jimmy and Judie are willing to relocate for their beautiful grandchild. However, since the initial housing market downfall, their plans to sell their home became hopeless. Apparently, the couple recently lowered the price of their home from $255,000 to $129,000. Even still, with the housing market still in dumps, the Stottler’s might just end up on the streets as well.
Where will she go?
Regardless of the situation, the elderly couple is refusing to throw out their granddaughter. “They will have to drag me out in handcuffs and tear her from my arms,” said Judie. “I’m not putting her out on the streets.”
If the homeowners association’s court claim is successful, young Kimberly would have to be sent somewhere else. She could end up in a foster home. A foster home! This is not to say foster homes do not serve their purpose, but I do know that many children in foster homes get lost in the system and are constantly moved from place to place. Besides that, I’ve never heard of a foster home taking in a 6 year-old who got evicted from a retirement home. This young child needs to be with her grandparents where she will receive proper care and most importantly, love.
Despite the retirement community regulation, I hope they resolve this matter with compassion at heart. The life of a 6 year-old is at stake. Young Kimberly deserves to be with the people who love her.
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