OTANEZ v. BLUE SKIES MOBILE HOME PARK

Docket No. B056303.

1 Cal.App.4th 1521 (1991)

3 Cal. Rptr.2d 210

SANDRA OTANEZ, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. BLUE SKIES MOBILE HOME PARK et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Six.

November 27, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Richard A. Weinstock for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Crosby & Stanton and Bruce E. Stanton as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.

Eckert, Smith, Tyler & Hoppell and James H. Smith for Defendants and Respondents.


OPINION

GILBERT, J.

A landlord may not terminate a tenant's occupancy of his or her residence under a lease by shutting off the utility services. (Civ. Code,1 § 789.3.)

We hold that a tenant need not live in the premises full-time in order to be a resident.

Here the owner of a mobilehome in Santa Barbara moved to Nevada but continued...

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