Threat To Enter Property To Take Goods

[CCCLY]

My fiancée and me have lived in my parents property for two years rent free she went to university for 1st years made no contributions to any bills, I purchased television, oak dining table +4 chairs and carpets. For the last year she has worked and we setup a joint account we have since purchased a £560 coffee table & a £700 2 seater sofa, from the joint account. We broke up recently due to me having a mental breakdown her mother says she will be entering my parents house to take back her daughters property what does she have the right to take she also purchased an oven and washing machine for our home does she have any rights over these items and can she enter the property

[calda49]

As a precaution I would change the locks asap. I really think you need some legal advice, and if this is financially difficult, go to your local Citizens Advice Bureau. I think it would be helpful, both to yourself and anyone who becomes involved in the situation, for you to list who bought what, and what you think is yours and what you think your ex is entitled to. Have you got any documentation from your parents? Also if you paid the bills and they are in your name, get copies of them if you don't have the originals. I do not think your ex's mother has any legal right at all to enter your parents house. Get some help/advice as soon as you can. Hope this helps.

[Guilbert53]

If she breaks in to someone else's house to remove property she can be arrested for burglary.

[diddlydo]

Do the decent thing and let her have stuff that she bought.

[Peter Pedant]

This is pretty standard for a break up to be honest

[ including the demand for the return of property and the argument over who owns what]

receipts and in whose name are they ?

yes I agree changing the locks would be sensible

I would ask her to specify what she wants to collect
and then make them available
I mean you arent going to quarrel over things like the steam iron and microwave are you ?

and no she has no rights of entry

[kvalidir]

No she doesn't have a right of entry, and no she can't take anything form anywhere without a court order- however, why not suggest that a meeting is brokered between you and your ex somewhere public like a coffee shop so you can discuss who owns what and come to an amicable decision about it, rather than have a wear going on about furniture? It would be far less stressful that way, and if she is morally entitled to something let her have it, if she din't don't, but surely the way forward isn't to let it get to the point where her Mum mounts a commando raid on your mum's house over a coffee table?