Q: My ex was awarded furniture in my possession. She will not meet me at the storage unit to retrieve. What can I do?
A: I would send her a certified letter with return receipt addressed, so that you can verify you gave a good faith effort to get her the furniture. Give one week to schedule a time or else you will dispose of it however you see fit. Keep a copy of the letter, and when the 7 days are up, donate it all.
A: If it's important to you that she take the furniture out of your storage unit, I would send her a certified letter telling her that you will move the furniture to another storage unit (pay for the first month) and send her the key if she does not meet you to retrieve the property by a certain date. Make sure you mention that you will not be responsible for any damage to the furniture during the transfer to the other unit. Unless there is a restraining order in place that prevents the two of you from being within so many feet of each other, there is no good reason why she would not meet with you. If she does agree to meet with you or you end up moving the furniture out of the storage unit, you may want to bring a third party to serve as a witness and take pictures of the items you remove and store elsewhere so that you have evidence in case a dispute should arise later.
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