Last October, my boyfriend at the time moved into MY apartment after he got out of a 9 month stay in jail. Never signed a lease or paid a dime. After about two weeks of living with me he left me for a “job” back in Houston, aka: his ex girlfriend. Well he took the majority of his stuff with him, but left quite a bit of things there. Nothing big. Just a lot of crap. Well, after finding out what he was really doing in Houston I messaged him and told him he has three weeks to come get his stuff. He never did. After telling him once more to come get his things out of my apartment, his response was “leave me alone”. Well, today I get a call from him asking if I have his stuff. No, I don’t. He never responded or indicated any intention of ever coming to get it all last fall, and I had a roommate moving in to the room where his crap had been, so I threw it out. I’m not a storage unit and neither is my home. Well when he called me today he informed me that well, papers are being sent to my parents house because he is taking me to small claims court over his things. Can he do that? After HE left it there and HE not only refused to indicate whether he was ever going to get it but also wouldn’t respond all together. Like, was I just supposed to keep all of his crap? Seriously, less than $200 worth of stuff unless I am completely not seeing something. What the hell?
Well to call a lawyer for advice, even at $100, is too much. I am a financially independent college student, working 48 hours a week, along with 12 hours of classes at A&M, just to pay for school and living. Which is why I am worried. Because I don’t have the time or money to sacrifice to drive to Houston for some crap like this, while missing class and work.