Can my boyfriend keep my personal belongings?
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Can my boyfriend keep my personal belongings?
My boyfriend and I are breaking up. We lived in his
parents home. I never paid any rent, my boyfriend
was paying for rent. I was never had an agreement
where I had to pay anything. And now that I want to
leave he’s telling me I can’t get any of my things and
clothes until I pay two years worth of rent. Can he do
this?
Asked on August 1, 2016 under Real Estate Law, Georgia
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 7 years ago | Contributor
No, he can't; and if he tries to do this, he is committing theft and you can call the police and press charges. (You could also sue him for the value of the items he took.) He could *only* keep your belongings if you agreed to let him do so; otherwise, even if you did owe him money, he has to return your items to you. If he feels you owe him money, the legal way he can seek it is by suing you and trying to prove in court that you owe it to him.
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