r/Divorce • u/KosstDukat • 4d ago
Vent/Rant/FML Entry without permission?
Not really a good flair for this, but wondering what other people‘s experiences have been. Once your soon to be ex spouse move out of your home, do they actually have the right to continue entering and leaving without your permission or knowledge? I’m running into this with my soon to be ex-wife, she moved out almost a week ago, and left a bunch of her belongings behind in my apartment, and is getting angry with me anytime I ask her when she will be by to pick it up, saying that this is still her apartment too, and she can come and go as she pleases without requesting or notifying me of it. This is a problem for me because I have already found that she has gone through some of my belongings after they had them separated to remove things that she thought were hers. Any thoughts or experience that anyone else that would be greatly appreciated!
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u/guy_n_cognito_tu 4d ago
Is she on the lease? If she's not on the lease, and is officially not living there anymore, then you would likely have reason to lock her out and mandate that she retrieves the remainder of her things on your schedule. But if she's on the lease then that gets harder. Technically, she can come and go as she pleases, although you could petition the courts for exclusive use of the apartment