Property Retention

Moon_Maiden

Found receipts for the furniture. Got cards to acknowledge stuff that was given and received as anniversary and birthday presents. Plus I have copies of Thank You letters written to people who gave me wedding gifts nearly 20yrs ago.

The awful thing is that I cannot trust her to return ALL my property. She is highly unlikely to return stuff that is not on the list (because I have either forgotten that she's got it or not realised she borrowed it).

She does not have any DECENCY to return stuff that is NOT hers. THEFT BY CONVERSION springs to mind.

And, spiteful as ever, the bunny boiler will ruin my furniture just to get one over. My ex-brother-in-law had loads of stuff ruined by her. She even stuffed frozen prawns into his curtain poles and was not best pleased when he gave them back 3mths later.

He got the last laugh - she ended up paying HIM compensation for theft and destroying furniture.

daska

You could try asking a solicitor to write a one-off letter informing her that you are able to prove ownership and requesting her to return the furniture or pay for the replacements. If she's already experienced having to pay compensation then that might be enough to 'persuade' her that she'd rather play nicely.

Mojisola

daska wrote: »

You could try asking a solicitor to write a one-off letter informing her that you are able to prove ownership and requesting her to return the furniture or pay for the replacements. If she's already experienced having to pay compensation then that might be enough to 'persuade' her that she'd rather play nicely.

This is a good idea. Don't give her a list of the receipts you have.