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I got a silver squatter question problem for you.

A what?

Silver squatter.

Is that one of the superheroes in this Fantastic Four or is it somebody else?

Oh, that's a silver surfer.

Very different. See, I got confused for a second.

Silver squatter. Okay. Tell us more. Here's my question. Do I kick my mom out of my rental?

I know the legal answer is going to be yes, but I'm having trouble with the emotional part of it.

Tell me about the legal piece.

Well, she has paid rent in five months.

Why is that?

Because she birthed him.

She's like, I'm not paying you jack squat.

Yeah.

So the backstory is my dad passed away and she was living with him for the past 12 years,

but they weren't married.

So they were just cohabitating together.

And when my dad passed, I had a handshake deal with my brother that said,

if my mom passed first, my brother would take care of my dad. If my dad passed first, I would take care

of my mom because we're a family of dysfunction. Okay. So you lost a bet, essentially, and here we are.

Wow. The very setup of that whole thing is, first of all, how long ago did your dad pass away?

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