Syracuse, NY -- State Supreme Court Justice Donald Greenwood tried everything he could today to convince a 30-year-old man to move out of his parents' Camillus house on his own. 
 
 But after half an hour of back-and-forth, primarily between the son, Michael Rotondo, and the judge, the judge had had enough: 
 
 Rotondo would have to move out, the judge ruled. He also ordered adult protective services to investigate, expressing concern about what was going on. 
 
 That order capped a surreal 30-minute court appearance in which Rotondo didn't deny that his parents had given him multiple orders to leave their 408 Weatheridge Drive home. But Rotondo wasn't going to leave without a legal battle. 
 
 Since the story was first reported on Syracuse.com, it's captured attention both nationally and internationally, with outlets such as the New York Post, Fox News and the BBC covering the case. The court fight made the Late Late Show with James Corden. A half-dozen camera crews covered today's court appearance. 
 
 Today, the parents' lawyer, Anthony Adorante, told the judge he was looking for a court order that could be enforceable by sheriff's deputies. 
 
 Greenwood listened quietly to Michael Rotondo's argument that he was entitled to six months more time. He gently corrected Rotondo by pointing to an appellate court decision ruling that family members don't get special treatment absent rare circumstances. And he praised Rotondo for his legal research. 
 
 But Rotondo wasn't having any of it. 
 
 Greenwood called the son's demand for six more months "outrageous." 
 
 Rotondo called the judge's eviction order "outrageous." 
 
 Greenwood tried to convince Rotondo to speak directly to his parents, Mark and Christina, while the judge waited. Rotondo refused, saying he'd made his legal arguments. 
 
 Greenwood credited Rotondo's legal research in finding a prior case that appeared to show that family members get six months before an eviction. Rotondo dismissed his work as a simple internet search that took only minutes. 
 
 Greenwood provided a copy of the appellate court decision that overrode the case that Rotondo cited. Rotondo maintained that what Greenwood was doing was wrong. 
 
 Nothing was too small to attract Rotondo's attention: a notice incorrectly listed the room for today's appearance. Rotondo demanded an adjournment due to the mix-up: the judge noted that he'd made it just fine. 
 
 As Rotondo's parents sat quietly in the court gallery, Rotondo appeared to crave the spotlight. At one point, the judge called Rotondo up to the bench. Rotondo noted that microphones placed by the media were on the lawyer's podium. He tried to take the podium up with him. 
 
 Afteward, Rotondo called out to the television camera crews to meet him outside the courtroom for an interview. 
 
 There, he again lambasted the judge's eviction order and vowed to appeal. 
 
 When asked if he considered spending as much time looking for a new place to live as fighting the eviction, Rotondo replied that he wasn't ready to leave home. 
 
 Asked how he interacted with his parents under the same roof, Rotondo said there were no incidents, but that he did not talk to his parents. When asked if he lived in the basement, Rotondo replied in a bedroom. 
 
 In court, Rotondo noted that his parents did not support him by providing food or doing his laundry. But he insisted that they were providing for him with housing, in arguing why he should be granted another six months to find a new place to live. 
 
 Exasperated, the judge at one point mentioned Airbnb in pointing out how easy it was to find a place to stay on short notice. 
 
 After court, Rotondo said he had a business to support himself. But when asked about his business, Rotondo replied: "My business is my business." 
 
 When all was said and done, the judge asked the parents' lawyer to come up with an eviction order that Greenwood would sign. No specified deadline was stated in court, but the lawyer mentioned that it would include reasonable time for Rotondo to vacate. 
 
 Rotondo said later that he believed he was entitled to another 30 days, which would be plenty of time for him to file an appeal, delaying the eviction. 
 
 After speaking to media, Rotondo left the courthouse to go back to his parents' house. ||||| Failure-to-launch millennial Michael Rotondo has claimed that he was misdiagnosed with schizophrenia and that he can't see his eight-year-old son because no one is willing to supervise the visits. 
 
 Rotondo exclusively told DailyMail.com about not seeing his son after the boy's mother said that she feared the decision to kick the 30-year-old out of his parents' home would send him off the rails. 
 
 She predicted that his mental condition could deteriorate if he has to fend for himself - but Rotondo has claimed while he has a history of mental health problems, he was misdiagnosed with schizophrenia. 
 
 'I blame that doctor that diagnosed me with just trying to make a steady source of work for himself,' Rotondo told DailyMail.com when questioned about his schizophrenia diagnosis. 
 
 He added: 'So I'm denying that I was not now nor have I ever been a paranoid schizophrenic.' 
 
 Rotondo's case has gained worldwide attention since his parents Mark and Christina Rotondo took him to court last week to have him evicted from their four-bedroom house in Camillus, New York, a quiet commuter town just west of Syracuse. 
 
 The mother of failure-to-launch millennial Michael Rotondo's eight-year-old son fears that the 30-year-old's mental health will deteriorate if he's kicked out of his parents' home in Camillus, New York. Pictured above, Rotondo outside his parents' home 
 
 Rotondo's case has gained worldwide attention since his parents Mark and Christina Rotondo took him to court last week to have him evicted from their four-bedroom house 
 
 The mother of Rotondo's son and her lawyer revealed that his initial claims that he was barred from seeing his son were false, adding that he had the rights to supervised visits with a medical professional. 
 
 The woman, who works in the beauty business, agreed to speak exclusively to DailyMail.com on condition we did not reveal her name or show any pictures of her. 
 
 'But he has chosen not to exercise that right,' claims her attorney, Dana Grillo. 'Despite what he says, he has not attempted to see his son for eight months.' 
 
 Rotondo stood by his claim he's not allowed to see his son, saying that he gave up trying to see his son after he was turned down by potential supervisors. 
 
 The mugshot from Rotondo's 2009 arrest, when he was charged with stalking a woman in New Hartford, New York 
 
 He told DailyMail.com: 'I did everything I could to try and set it up so I could see him, but nobody would agree to be the "supervisor" and it was so heartbreaking looking that I had to stop so I could make my appeal. Otherwise I wasn't going to be able to muster up that same appeal.' 
 
 Rotondo, 30, admitted to DaiyMail.com that he has had mental health problems in the past. 
 
 But the mother of Rotondo's son and her lawyer said they only learned the details of his mental health diagnosis during protracted court battles over custody. 
 
 'I only found out then; it was always kept from me,' the mother said. 
 
 Rotondo said that mental problems have been dragged up now as a way to prevent him from seeing his son, claiming that he is being victimized for his habits of running his hands through his hair and pacing up and down. 
 
 'Anyone with long hair would tell you that is the way to get the knots out,' he said of the first point. 'And I pace - yes, I pace.' 
 
 The court papers are confidential, as are all issues before New York State's Family Court system. 
 
 The mother said she is even more worried now because Rotondo has weapons. 
 
 Rotondo lost custody of his son, pictured above, last year and said he is fighting to regain custody 
 
 But Rotondo said that he cannot get a job because he needs to focus his entire energy on getting his son (pictured) back 
 
 He admitted to Syracuse.com that he owns both a compound bow for hunting and a lever action 30.30 rifle which he keeps for protection. 
 
 'Any responsible American should own a firearm,' he said. 
 
 DailyMail.com has learned that Rotondo was arrested in 2009 for stalking and menacing a woman in New Hartford, New York. He ended up pleading guilty to lesser charges of trespass and harassment and was fined a total of $1,375. At the time he gave an address in Syracuse. 
 
 Rotondo called the arrest 'trumped up charges from a small town court', adding that text messages from the woman would 'shed some light on the situation'. 
 
 The mother of Rotondo's son said that she's 'scared' of him living on his own. 
 
 'He's not going to be able to live by himself,' she said. 'His parents are throwing him out there basically saying they don't care if he is a danger to himself.' 
 
 'Nobody here knows that Michael is the father of my son,' she added. 
 
 She said she had pleaded with police to take the rifle from him, but they have told her there is no cause. 
 
 'How do people know someone is mentally ill until they do something?' she asked. 'By then it will be too late. 
 
 'Of course I want them to take his rifle from him, but why can they? How do people know he has a mental health issue if it is kept confidential?' 
 
 Both Rotondo and the child's mother say they never had a relationship. 
 
 'It would be wrong to call me an ex-girlfriend,' she said. She refused to give any details of the events leading up to the boy's conception. 
 
 Michael says his troubles with his parents are connected to the custody battle over his son 
 
 The Rotondos say their son has been living with them for the past eight years, without paying rent or contributing in any way 
 
 In a previous interview with DailyMail.com on the driveway of the family home, Rotondo said his problems with his parents really began when he lost contact with his son. The last time he saw him was September 26 last year, both sides agree. 
 
 'It's very hard to describe what that's like. I saw him three days a week and in the summer time it would be all day, 11-8.30,' he said. 'He was my whole world. My life was characterized by the days I saw him.' 
 
 He said he cannot get a job because he needs to focus his entire energy on getting his son back. 
 
 He represented himself in the eviction case as he has done in child custody matters and in a federal 2015 suit against his former employer, Best Buy, who he sued for $330,000. 
 
 He claimed the electronics retailer discriminated against him because of his sex. 
 
 The company had wanted him to work on Saturdays but he refused, saying he needed to see his son on that day. 
 
 He said a woman with similar childcare issues was allowed to take off her day of choice. He lost the case. 
 
 The mother of Rotondo's son said she believes the decision to oust him from the family home was taken by his father, Mark, 60. 
 
 'The mother would never have done this to her child,' she said 
 
 But she said Christina Rotondo, 61, was also frustrated with her son. 
 
 'She once said to me: 'How do you think I feel that we are going to have him live with us for the rest of our lives?'' she said. 
 
 The woman said she no longer has a relationship with either parent. 
 
 The couple have written five letters to their son over the past three months, informing him that he must leave the home 
 
 The couple are now trying to get their son kicked out of their home through an ejectment proceeding 
 
 In his letter, written on February 18, the couple offered some advice to their son to help him find a new place to live 
 
 She said the past two years of her life have been a nightmare as Rotondo has constantly dragged her into court over matters concerning their son. 
 
 'Every little parenting decision I make that he disagrees with, he just goes to the court,' said the mother. 'He has tormented me - absolutely tormented me - with the number of filings and court appearances and his insistence on representing himself.' 
 
 But both she and attorney Grillo said the judges in the case have made matters worse. 
 
 'They have enabled his behavior by allowing him to come back time after time after time,' said the mom. 
 
 'When he doesn't show they just give him another court date. I think the child support judge thinks it's fun, the custody judge isn't quite so bad.' 
 
 She said the court cases have cost her thousands of dollars in lost earnings and attorney's fees. 
 
 'He has a free lawyer, I don't,' she said. 
 
 Grillo said that Rotondo was originally ordered to pay just $25-a-month in child support, but that was increased to $56-a-week last year. 
 
 'He has paid some little amounts here and there, but nothing like $56 a week,' claims the mother. 
 
 Rotondo's parents took him to Supreme Court in Syracuse this week, and succeeded in getting Judge Donald Greenwood to allow them to evict him, saying he needed to get out and find work. 
 
 The couple want him to get a job and health insurance. They even offered to pay for the insurance, but he said he had to refuse because it would deny him the ability to file court motions as a poor person without paying court fees. 
 
 Michael Rotondo believes his mother and father are being unreasonable. 
 
 Rotondo's parents took him to Supreme Court in Syracuse this week, and succeeded in getting Judge Donald Greenwood to allow them to evict him, saying he needed to get out and find work. The couple want him to get a job and health insurance 
 
 'I would say it is not a significant burden on my parents because they never really gave me money,' he told DailyMail.com. 'It was just food and housing. 
 
 'But they weren't paying for anything else - except for electricity and hot water and things like that. 
 
 'I wouldn't describe it as burdensome that they have to provide hot water and electricity and food because their son is trying to be the father to his child. 
 
 'My mother even wanted me to pay her for my cellular service. I refused to do that.' 
 
 The senior Rotondos have resisted all attempts to be interviewed by the media. 
 
 When DailyMail.com called their home the person that answered put the phone down. 
 
 Their attorney, Anthony Adorante, did not immediately return a call for comment. 
 
 Their only other child, Michael's younger sister Maria Britton, 27, also declined to comment. 
 
 'This is something that should be a private family matter,' she told DailyMail.com at the single-story home she shares with her husband in Syracuse. 
 
 The parents wrote five typed notes to their son, starting on February 2, telling him he had to leave. 
 
 In the first they told him: 'You have 14 days to vacate. You will not be allowed to return. We will take whatever actions are necessary to enforce this decision.' 
 
 Eleven days later they sent him a second saying: 'You are hereby evicted… You have heretofore been out guest and there is no lease or agreement that gives you any right to stay here without our consent.' 
 
 Rotondo believes his mother and father are being unreasonable, saying he hasn't been a 'significant burden' on his parents while living at home 
 
 This time they gave him 30 days to get out. 
 
 Five days later they send a third note along with $1,100 'so you can find a place to stay', and gave him advice on how he should make money by selling off his possessions - including 'any weapons you may have' - and getting a job. 
 
 On March 5, they said they would have to throw out his property if he did not remove it within 11 days. 
 
 The final note, dated March 30, ordered him to get his Volkswagen Passat out of their driveway. 
 
 But now, nearly two months later he and his car are still there. 
 
 Michael told DailyMail.com he and his parents are like people who don't speak the same language. 
 
 'We just kind of stand in places. But I have got to do what I've got to do,' he said. 
 
 He said they are on different schedules so they rarely bump into each other inside the house. 
 
 'I get up later, my mother gets up earlier, my father gets up much earlier. The only real conflict is that dinner time for them is like 4-6 so I go down before and eat something and afterwards I will prepare my dinner,' he said. 
 
 He said he is not trying to sway public opinion by his constant media interviews. 
 
 'People will think what they will think,' Michael said. 'I am not going to try to convince them or plead my case to them as if that matters. I am just trying to explain to people what is going on. 
 
 'If people think I am an entitled millennial then that's fine. Or they may think I have some significant merits to what I am trying to get - and that is just reasonable treatment.' ||||| A 30-year-old man was ordered to vacate his parents' Syracuse area home Tuesday after they sued him because he refused to leave.After the judge's ruling, son Michael Rotondo said, "This is outrageous" and said he would appeal the decision.Rotondo's parents said he wouldn't leave the house despite several notices. Rotondo claimed that, legally, he wasn't given enough notice to leave, maintaining that six months is a more reasonable timeframe.Parents Mark and Christina Rotondo said they began giving him notices as early as February 2, 2018. The parents said they also offered their son $1,100 to help him find a place of his own. Michael Rotondo said he did take the money, but it wasn't enough to live anywhere else.The judge asked adult protective services to check on the case as he's concerned about what's happening at the home.According to court filings, Rotondo doesn't contribute to the family's expenses and doesn't help out with the chores.His parents even say they've offered to help him get started on his own. Rotondo is calling his parent's effort "retaliatory."Rotondo, who runs a website business, moved back home eight years ago after losing a job.He said Tuesday that he plans to get some things from home and isn't sure where he will stay.
– Mark and Christina Rotondo wanted their 30-year-old son, Michael, to move out of their home in Camillus, NY. He wouldn't, and after a legal battle that made its way to New York's State Supreme Court, Justice Donald Greenwood sided with the parents Tuesday and told Michael he would have to leave. The story went viral after Syracuse.com first reported on it last week; its article features a series of letters the Rotondos gave their son, starting with one on Feb. 2 of this year giving him 14 days to move out. Letters given to him after that include everything from a formal eviction notice to money ($1,100 to help him find a new place), advice ("There are jobs available even for those with a poor work history like you. Get one."), and strongly-worded suggestions that he sell his things ("especially ... any weapons you may have") to raise funds. The Rotondos went to the town court in April after Michael stayed put, then found out only a state Supreme Court justice could remove a family member. During Tuesday's hearing, which Syracuse.com called "surreal," Michael Rotondo argued with the judge for 30 minutes, including insisting he was legally entitled to six months' notice before having to move out. The judge said that's not true, pointing to an appellate court decision ruling, and asked the parents' lawyer to come up with an eviction order that Greenwood could sign. He also asked adult protective services to investigate the case. Outside the courthouse, Michael Rotondo, who moved back home eight years ago after losing a job, told reporters he would appeal the decision. He said he doesn't speak to his parents but that he is not ready to move out. According to court filings cited by ABC 7, his parents say he does not contribute to household expenses or do chores.