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Judge Backs N.Y. Parents, Saying Their 30-Year-Old Son Must Move Out

"I don't see why they can't just, you know, wait a little bit for me to leave the house," Michael Rotondo told the judge in the case.
The Rotondos' house in Camillus, N.Y., where Michael Rotondo, 30, is being evicted at the request of his parents.

The promise of adventure didn't do it. Neither did the lure of independence, or the weight of his 30 years. Instead, it took a judge to pry Michael Rotondo from his parents' home. The couple won an eviction order against their son after a judge argued with Rotondo for 30 minutes.

"I don't see why they can't just, you know, wait a little bit for me to leave the house," Rotondo told Justice Donald Greenwood of New York's Supreme Court.

"You say you're entitled to six months, which really seems to be kind of outrageous, that somebody in this day and age could be

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