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In reply to the discussion: Alan Grayson's Divorce issue. It just got sadder. There's video [View all]Jazzgirl
(3,744 posts)Let me give you a similar scenario. Several years ago my mother and stepfather owned a new house together. They always had issues (domestic violence etc.) so she moved out. Now mind you they bought the house together. My stepfather changed the locks and made threatening calls telling her she couldn't come over. Much of the furniture in the house and most of the appliances were hers. She was really upset because most of her clothes along with these other items were there. I told her to handle it this way.
First, call and hire truck and a couple of men to move the stuff she wanted out of the house and have them meet her there at a certain time after he left for work. Then I said just before you leave where you're staying (my aunt's) call a locksmith and tell them she locked herself out of the house and needed to get in. She got to the house quickly and the truck was waiting. While waiting the locksmith showed up and opened the door. She was able to get what she wanted and leave, including all of her clothes.
My stepfather called her later threatening her and told her he was going to have her arrested for breaking and entering and theft. I laughed and said don't worry. He can't do sh**. The house is in both your names and you can prove you purchased what you took. Bottom line is all he could do was spout and sputter. Now he did wind up getting a restraining order but that was after the fact. There wasn't a damn thing he could do until that point.
On edit: they were also in the throes of a very messy divorce. Without a restraining order he couldn't do squat to keep her out.