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We believe that he will abandon most of the household items if and when the constable places them at the curb. We wanted to be able to get there before passersby started taking stuff off to see if there is anything he abandons that she still wants.

...I mean that an LEO who "escorts" a woman to "get her stuff" after the divorce has been final for some months is looking for trouble...what was given her by decree would have been recovered(with the aid of an LEO under the divorce decree )long ago...that decree doesn't authorize multiple trips over a couple of years...a foreclosure and auction has taken place...so he'd be meddling in old business and if it hit the fan, would be weak as to what he was doing there...from LEO experience, in domestic matters you do what you have to, when you have to...you don't volunteer to get involved...if she didn't enforce the court order, most LEOs would probably tell her to wait till the eviction deputies/constables were there and see what she could get then...if they "oversee" now and he gets nasty...the judge will wonder what they were doing...so would their supervisors...would you like to go with a client as their lawyer and be a witness as she tried to talk him out of her stuff???I'd rather take a nap...I could get in a lot less trouble...domestic "discussions" turn nasty and sometimes dangerous...

This has "bad time" written all over it.

...I'd rather be out fishing...and I hate fishing...

speedsix wrote:...I'd rather be out fishing...and I hate fishing...

Chas.

...most cops hate "domestic disturbances"(NOT to be confused with domesticated) more than barfights...and, lately, it seems that more officers are being shot/killed as a result of breakups/divorces/obsessive relationships...I don't think there is as much explosive emotion at a bank robbery as there is at the average "domestic disturbance"...

Commander wrote:We believe that he will abandon most of the household items if and when the constable places them at the curb. We wanted to be able to get there before passersby started taking stuff off to see if there is anything he abandons that she still wants.

What's left after he sells the good stuff on eBay and Craig's list?

Apparently we have a wait ahead of us. Talked to someone yesterday who had a friend who was foreclosed on. Said it was seven months after the foreclosure sale before they were forceably evicted.

I appreciate all the different opinions offered here. All we really want to do is just beat the vultures who will be going through the stuff placed on the curb. Recently she got most of the remaining things she wanted.

Her grown sons still live there and have their belongings there. That is the main focus of her concern now. One son is in the service away on assignment. Yesterday she went by and picked up his awards and medals for safe keeping. She is concerned that they will lose things if they are placed on the curb. She just wants an opportunity to save as much of their belongings as she can. We are slowly moving their stuff here as we can, but some things might get overlooked.

Thanks guys

I used to work in the eviction business, and I can assure you that foreclosures can take a very long time. It depends on how hard the people who are being evicted are fighting it and who their attorneys are. The most important element that you have described is that the process has moved along to the point where the property has been sold out from under the resident. If the property has already been sold, the die has been cast. The home has a new owner with no obligation to the resident who is squatting there.

Now it is up to the new owners. Once they figure out someone is living there, they will get an attorney to send him and eviction letter. After 30 days, they can call the sheriff and have him removed. I have never heard of anyone who could stall the process after the home had been sold, but I have not worked in evictions for many decades and it may be different now.

If he refuses to move, when the hammer actually falls he will be out in an afternoon. I think your options are to try and talk to the Ex and see if you can pick up the items you want now. If not, try and get him to call you when the sheriff shows up so that you can go pick through the items. If none of that is possible, talk to a neighbor or do daily drive-bys so that you will know when the eviction takes place. Usually, when the evicting officer has to wait while the movers dump all his stuff to the curb, their mood has soured and they are less likely to be accommodating.

Just my experience.

Just an update-it's been four months since the house was sold at foreclosure sale and not a peep has been heard from whoever bought the house and note. The ex continues to live there rent and payment free. I find this amazing that something can drag on like this. It has bee close to three years since he last made a payment.