Beacon Residential Management, LP v. R.P.

In this case we consider whether a mother 3 has the right to intervene in an eviction action brought by a landlord against the mother’s husband and their young children as the named defendants where, although she is not a named tenant on the lease, she has lived with her family in the apartment throughout the tenancy and alleges domestic violence in the home. We conclude that she may intervene both on her own behalf and on behalf of her children. 4

1. Background. This case is before us on the mother’s appeal from the denial, by a judge of the Housing Court, of her motion to intervene in a…