property settlement

[CathyR79]

Hi, im hoping someone can help me out here
I split with my ex husband nearly 3yrs ago now, and we have a storage shed full of our belongings. I have nearly cleared out all of my things but his is still there. Im the one left with paying the bill of $100 a month i cant pay the bill anymore thats why im clearing out my things. What do i do with his things? Im not allowed contact with him due to the circumstances

 

[ecmst12]

Send him notification through whatever legal channels you are permitted that you will no longer be maintaining the storage unit as of X date. Give him at least a month's notice. If you can't contact him directly, perhaps through his attorney or through the court.

 

[CathyR79]

ok thank you. will try anything.... if not i will burn his things lol

 

[latigo]

Hi, im hoping someone can help me out here
I split with my ex husband nearly 3yrs ago now, and we have a storage shed full of our belongings. I have nearly cleared out all of my things but his is still there. Im the one left with paying the bill of $100 a month i cant pay the bill anymore thats why im clearing out my things. What do i do with his things? Im not allowed contact with him due to the circumstances :confused:

“Confused”?

Well don’t become more confused by listening to someone advising you to give your ex 30-days notice and get stuck for another months rent! It is not necessary that you do so.

Well before the next date that rent is due, take photos of everything remaining in the unit.

Then mail the ex a certified letter – return receipt requested – enclosing copies of those photographs and advising him that you will no longer be responsible for his junk or future storage charges.

That you have terminated the rental and if he wishes to retain the use of the unit, he must make separate arrangements with the owner before the owner exercise his lien rights and rights of distraint and sells his stuff.

Also, promptly notify the owner of the facility in writing of, (1) the ex’s mailing address, (2) that your have removed all of your items of property, and (3) that have abandoned any further claim to the contents and the use of the unit.

Then let the owner deal with the ex and the remaining contents.

 

[ecmst12]

Not likely to happen. OP is the one that signed the contract with the storage facility, if she stops paying the bill, the owner is going to come after HER for what she owes. That means any months of unpaid rent until the unit is reposessed AND the cost to dispose of the property left inside (less anything they get from selling anything of value, but honestly, that's not likely to be very much at all). They're not going to pursue the ex-husband that isn't on the contract and they don't know how to contact, and in fact they don't even have any grounds to ask him for a thing.

She needs to tell her ex that she's giving up the storage unit and that he has at X amount of time (at least a month) to remove anything he wants, or else she will get rid of everything and give the unit back empty, as she should. Then, she needs to follow through. That's the only way she will be able to avoid getting hit with extra costs from the storage place.

 

[Bali Hai]

ok thank you. will try anything.... if not i will burn his things lol

Any volunteers wish to advise OP of the possible legal ramifications if she carries out the threat and burns his things?

 

[ecmst12]

I'm sure that's not necessary.

 

[Bali Hai]

I'm sure that's not necessary.

Not necessary because?

 

[Ohiogal]

Any volunteers wish to advise OP of the possible legal ramifications if she carries out the threat and burns his things?

If she burns his things, she could be sued civilly and possibly face criminal charges.

 

[Zigner]

If she burns his things, she could be sued civilly and possibly face criminal charges.

... and should.

 

[ecmst12]

Because it should be obvious that you can't just destroy someone else's property and I don't feel the need to point out the obvious.

 

[CathyR79]

thank you everyone for your advice
I dont think i will burn his things, its just something id like to do coz of what he did to me and my kids lol

 

[Zigner]

Because it should be obvious that you can't just destroy someone else's property and I don't feel the need to point out the obvious.

Bali's desperately trying to prove a point.

 

[Bali Hai]

Because it should be obvious that you can't just destroy someone else's property and I don't feel the need to point out the obvious.

I agree, but apparently it's not obvious to OP, because it was OP who who suggested it. I just want to make sure that people giving advice here choosing to remain silent on the issue doesn't give the OP the impression that it would be ok to do such a thing.

 

[Zigner]

I agree, but apparently it's not obvious to OP, because it was OP who who suggested it. I just want to make sure that people giving advice here choosing to remain silent on the issue doesn't give the OP the impression that it would be ok to do such a thing.

OP has already made it clear that she was just having flights of fancy. Move along Bali - nothing to see here.