Legal Question in Family Law in Louisiana

getting rid of ex's belongings

i sure hope u can help me. i've called everyone i know, but noone can tell me what i need to know. in oct of 2006 me and my ex (not married, just living together)split up because of spousel abuse. when we went to court for protection order i agreed to keep his belongings until he got out of jail and could come get them. he's made one trip, but will not come get the rest of his stuff. he's been out of jail since may of 2007. i've tried sending him letters giving him so much time, but he has the people say he is not staying there. i really want him to get the rest of his things so it can be completely over. i'm tired of being a storage shed for his belongings. what legally can i do?? how can i either get him to get his stuff, or get rid of it. any help would be greatly appreciated. i'm at wits end here. PLEASE HELP!!


Asked on 7/31/07, 10:37 pm

2 Answers from Attorneys
Nick Pizzolatto, Jr. Pizzolatto Law Office

Re: getting rid of ex's belongings

If you know where his family is or where he is supposed to be living, take his stuff there and leave them. Or you could file a motion in the protective order action to ask the court to order him to remove his stuff by a certain date or you can throw it away.

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Answered on 8/01/07, 8:14 am
Johm Smith tom's

Re: getting rid of ex's belongings

If you have an address where you reasonably can assume that he will get mail sent there, then you can send a certified mail return receipt requested and regular first-class letter informing him that you will start immediately charging storage and will sell the items to cover the storage costs if the stuff is not removed and the storage fee paid by the end of August. This way he'll feel lucky if he just gets his stuff. You can have an attorney file a motion in court, but you never know what the judge will decide and you'd still have a problem trying to serve this guy with notice of the court order. I send these types of letters for clients at least once a month.

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Answered on 8/01/07, 10:31 am


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