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Question: I am a new manager and I discover today that one of my tenants,who lives with boyfriend in an apartment that they rent, has her minor daughter living with her boyfriend,which is not a minor, in the apartment for a while.In the lease are only mother,mother´s boyfriend and daughter.What can I do? Should I call social services,should I cancel their contract?Is legal that the minor lives with her boyfriend( or a guy that is not a minor) and the mother accept that as normal?If the guy is giving them money can be considered that as the mother is making her daughter a prostitute? Please help

Answer: Anyone who has genuine cause to be concerned that a minor child is in danger has the option of reporting the situation to the Arizona Department of Child Safety. As for the landlord/tenant aspect, the Arizona Residential Landlord and Tenant Act (A.R.S. Title 33, Chapter 10) says that if there is a “material noncompliance” by the tenant with the rental agreement, “including material falsification of the information provided on the rental application,” then the landlord may deliver to the tenant a written notice specifying exactly how the tenant is failing to comply with the rental agreement and stating that the rental agreement will terminate on a date not less than ten days after the tenant receives the notice if the tenant’s breach of the rental agreement is not remedied in ten days. Untrue or misleading information about “the number of occupants in the dwelling unit” qualifies as material falsification (A.R.S. 33-1368(A)).