Q: My gf and i broke up and she is moving out. What are the laws regarding he taking her stuff. What can I do or say?
Were 22 and 23 we were dating for 8 years and living together for 4. I beoke up with her and she is moving out of our apartment. She has lots of stuff here and is not talking to me very much and is taking a long time to get her belongings. She came the other day and request i be gone. When i arrived back there were cut up pictures and thing scattered around my room and not much taken out of hers. What are the laws regarding this. Can i give her a date to get her things by? Or can i put then in the hall of my apartment or something.
A:
If she's not on the lease, give her a deadline by which time she needs to get her stuff out of the apartment. Put it in writing, and keep a copy. It should say something like this, "January 22, 2014. Mary: You need to remove your property from my apartment by the 3rd of February, 2015. If it is still there on the 4th of February, I will consider it abandoned and dispose of it accordingly." You don't need to send it to her by certified mail, just hand it to her. Make sure that, on your copy you write down the date on which you gave the note to her. Then if she doesn't get the stuff by the date you have designated, throw the stuff out...or whatever you want to do with it.
Now, on the other hand, if she is on the lease, she has a right, not only to be there herself, but to keep her stuff there.
Best thing to do is to communicate with her or one of her friends to arrange a time for her to get her stuff.
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