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Good morning,

I'm sorry to hear of your dilemma.

If the things you are talking about are personal things like clothing and toiletries, you can ask the police to escort you/stand by while you obtain your things, presuming that you lived there with her. On the other hand, if you are talking about a house full of furniture, you'll have to sue her for Replevin and get a court order. The police will not stand by while you load a van full of things or, while your ex screams that she owns what you are attempting to remove. As an attorney I have been involved in a number of these stand by situations and they can get extremely heated.

If you still have a key to the place, you can wait until she is gone (to work, out of town, etc.) and remove ONLY your things. DO NOT remove anything that the two of you might own jointly as you will be charged with theft.

If you can not gain the assistance of the police and have no way into the home to get things yourself, the law requires that you get a court order to recover your things, I'm afraid.

I wish you well.

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Best regards,

Doug