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Retweeting you:
The BARCC hotline is a good resource: If you need to talk, please call the hotline: 800.841.8371. for people with secondary trauma.
I am hoping someone will be in the hosue with you besides the cops when Judah comes.
You are handling this very well. Of course it is exhausting. It will pass, it will. We will help you hang in there.
And an extra big Cheer! for Elayna's Graduation.
If after 90 days he has not returned to remove his property, his property is thusly forfeit and technically yours, then you can just put it to the curb or sell it or burn it.
I am sure someone else on your list familiar with that state can do a quick search for you.
I don't remember if I said anything earlier, but I'm so sorry you're going through this, and if there's anything I can do to help all you have to do is ask. (Not that I can think of much you might need from a casual acquaintance a few hundred miles away.)
Years ago when AJ's first wife took off and left a large garage full of things, we looked into the legal options for getting rid of it. Basically, we got told this:
Hire a moving company. Have them box up everything and move it to either his address of choice, OR a storage facility that you pay for 30 days storage. You take those one or two receipts and you add it to the civil suit you are filing. If anything gets broken, he will have to contact the moving company. If his things are put in storage and he has had 30 days to get them and he doesn't, it is on him. You can check with the police if that is reasonable in Mass.
I don't suppose there's some fast, convenient service that comes into situations like this, inventories his shit, moves it all into a storage container, and alerts him that he has a month to clear out the container or the storage company will put his shit in a dumpster? Probably not. I think consulting your lawyer on how long you have to tolerate the presence of his crap and what options there are for clearing it out of your space is totally appropriate, though.
I was the "good, cheap" version for a friend of mine after she had a Departing Roommate Situation. My friend basically ignored the mess left in the ex-roommate's bedroom, because it was a room she didn't need to use... until mice decided they liked it. After she had the exterminator guy in, I came over to start the clearing-out. My friend checked the local abandoned-property laws and all that stuff was technically hers. We STILL alerted ex-roommate, who never responded. My fee for coming over to help was dibs on anything the roommate had left that I liked. Got a really excellent laptop bag and an Alivan's wand that way. :)
Strength to you, through the family onslaught and the Judah encounter today. I sincerely hope that everything goes smoothly.
"My entire family is descending upon the house today for Elayna's graduation!
And Judah is coming over this evening to get some of his stuff."
Makes me wonder if J won't get more than he knows what to do with if he isn't on his best behavior.
You realize how many "safeties" would be there if you just make it known they're wanted? And also if you offer ice cream.
Edited at 2013-06-06 07:21 pm (UTC)
Bam. You need a list of good things.