If my boyfriend and I split up and I’m on the lease but I left, can I legally go get my daughter’s stuff without his permission?
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If my boyfriend and I split up and I’m on the lease but I left, can I legally go get my daughter’s stuff without his permission?
We don’t have anything and the police said I had to file for it if I wanted them to help me get it. I need my daughter’s stuff before then but I don’t want to just go get it if I’ll get in trouble over it, or get my friend (who has to drive me because I don’t have a car) in trouble for taking me.
Asked on July 6, 2012 under Real Estate Law, Florida
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Answered 12 years ago | Contributor
The best way to try and get your daughter's items left behind at the place that you occupied is for you to contact your former boyfriend for a date and time to pick the items up.
If he is agreeable, show up with at least one other person to assist you and act as a "neutral" in the event things between you and the "ex" flare up. If you "ex" refuses to allow you to return to get your daughter's belongings then you will need to ask for police presence at the location where your daughter's items are to retrieve them.
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