\"His Possessions\" !

Hi all. Just joined and would welcome any advice on the following. After my husband became a physical, mental and verbally abusive alcoholic, the police took him away in February-he had broken a non-molestation order. He now has his own home. My problem is that he still has items belonging to him at my house-tool box etc. He has not asked for them and made no attempt to collect them. How long before I can bin the lot???

You need to write, give him a fixed time within which to collect them, and tell him that if he doesn't they will be disposed of.

Amanda

Hello

To save hasstle could you have them taxiied over to his house, if you chuck them out you create more promlems for the future.

Dukey

If he cannot be bothered to come and pick his property up, that is his problem, not yours.

Contact him, give him a reasonable time, but tell him that if he does not pick them up they will be binned. He obviously does not need them, if he did he would have contacted YOU.

Or, you could bag them up and put them in a taxi and tell the driver that the person the other end will be paying.


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zara

Hi all. Many thanks for the advice. I was hoping to find out the legal length of time I have to keep my ex's belongings. I will not contact him and don't see why I should be the one to make sure he gets his things back. So if he makes no attempt to get his things, legally, how long do I have to keep them?

DL has given you the advice you need- I know its really annoying, but it is best to have something in writing, -ie a list of the said belongings, and a date by which you will dispose of them if not collected- as evidence if necessary in the future.
I dont think there is a set legal length of time you have to keep them, you should just show you are being reasonable.

What a hoot, hope you've still got his stuff "love".

I wonder what it says about someone when they do bad things and then find out about the consequences afterwards? Stupid? Rash?

Hmm think i've said that to someone before but they never listened.

I wonder what the consequences are? I wonder if you liked the replies you got so far bubbles..

Maybe it's time for a confession, this time not to a priest tho eh?