Lesson learned boys (and girls) don't date crazy

[dalekphalm]

@loganshaw9 I would advise you to take her to small claims court:

https://michiganlegalhelp.org/self-help-tools/money-and-debt/taking-small-claims-case-court

 

That link goes through the entire process, and includes potential fees. The fee to file a claim is only between $30 and $70 - depending on how much you're claiming. You can also potentially get this fee waived, if you can reasonably prove that you can't afford it (Eg: You can show your bank statements showing how little you make, or make a spreadsheet showing your recurring bills vs your average income (include copies of each bill, your paystub, bank statements, etc). You can often also have the fee reimbursed as part of winning the claim.

 

Even if she has no job and no money, she must get money from somewhere to survive (relatives or social assistance, etc). If she does get a job, or if she gets social assistance, you could potentially have her wages garnished until she's able to pay back what she owes (assuming it rules in your favour).

 

Make sure to include the report you filed with the police, and a detailed description of events. You'd have a pretty decent shot at winning the case (though actually making her pay is a different story).

 

You don't need a lawyer for Small Claims court (In fact, you might not even be allowed to use one - not sure). So all you need is just to show up for the various court dates. If she doesn't show up in court to defend herself, you'll likely win by default.

[handymanshandle]

30 minutes ago, valdyrgramr said:

I never said sue at that level, but just because his city's laws are messed up doesn't mean he can't sue her for breaking and entering, destruction of property/vandalism, endangering an animal, and more.  Regardless of what his city thinks, those are still crimes.

Well, from my understanding in the eyes of at least the police, because she had her address in Flint and probably to that apartment, and eviction period in Michigan being 7 days. It might be thrown out of court whether she shows up or not. But you and @dalekphalm he might have a valid case to sue against. Though if she did any damage to the apartment, what @loganshaw9 could do is give his landlord a copy of the police report and the landlord could sue for damages to the property. (the unit itself not the contents) which OP didn't say if there was any damage to the unit excluding contents that he can prove he didn't do.

[dalekphalm]

4 minutes ago, wcreek said:

Well, from my understanding in the eyes of at least the police, because she had her address in Flint and probably to that apartment, and eviction period in Michigan being 7 days. It might be thrown out of court whether she shows up or not. But you and @dalekphalm he might have a valid case to sue against. Though if she did any damage to the apartment, what @loganshaw9 could do is give his landlord a copy of the police report and the landlord could sue for damages to the property. (the unit itself not the contents) which OP didn't say if there was any damage to the unit excluding contents that he can prove he didn't do.

I don't think it would be thrown out of court automatically. You can sue your partner/girlfriend/wife/etc for lots of things.

[dalekphalm]

5 minutes ago, valdyrgramr said:

Not quite true.  If he has evidence that she did this, and the cops have on report that they had to get her out then he has a pretty solid case.  The only way it would be thrown out is if she paid for any of it.  But, they weren't married, so the "she owns half" thing won't fly.  Most likely he will win.

Most places do have Common Law laws around marriage. Basically if you live with your partner for a specific amount of time (Typically between 1 and 3 years - but it varies by Country/Province/State), once that time has passed, you're considered "Common Law married". It doesn't have all the same protections and responsibilities of legal marriage, but it does include a lot of them.

 

So in such a case, if they lived together long enough, they might be considered Common Law married.

 

Update: Looks like Michigan doesn't recognize common law marriage

https://marriage.laws.com/common-law-marriage-michigan

 

Anyway with that in mind, even if you're married to someone, they can't just destroy everything you own as a couple. You can still take them to court - you just might not get 100% reimbursed.

[Foxxer]

100% seuing her will make her pay for tangible damages.

[Beowulff83]

[Clockwork_princess]

On 10/25/2017 at 3:35 PM, loganshaw9 said:

The cops had to remove her from the house because she lived here she can destroy anything she wants

Lol that’s not how it works, if you paid for it it’s yours and she can’t destroy it.

 

even if you left it at her house and she broke it. 

 

Ive been thought it once and I got everything replaced and she had to pay. 

[SilicateWielder]

22 minutes ago, Clockwork_princess said:

Lol that’s not how it works, if you paid for it it’s yours and she can’t destroy it.

 

even if you left it at her house and she broke it. 

 

Ive been thought it once and I got everything replaced and she had to pay. 

Screwed up laws are still a thing though, in my state schools have the power to have children thrown in jail for missing school rather than giving a more appropriate punishment; for a state to make it legal to destroy anything within a house that you live in even if it's not yours doesn't surprise me in the least.

[Clockwork_princess]

1 hour ago, UnbrokenMotion said:

Screwed up laws are still a thing though, in my state schools have the power to have children thrown in jail for missing school; for a state to make it legal to destroy anything within a house that you live in even if it's not yours doesn't surprise me in the least.

well most those laws are maximum phishnet and they will do other things before that. like if you miss over 2 weeks of school police can come you your house and escort you to class.

 

and they usally dont even go that far even if they can. 

 

and you can always take it to a higher court or fight to have to looked at. 

[loganshaw9]

just an update my dog came back today after a week, and my parents and some friends helped out and got the pc up and running

[Psittac]

gotta give her credit for the ability and drive to actually disassemble it.  Don't feel bad though, last date I went on was over 15 years ago and went over 5k day's between boob squeezes (it's an event on my fb timeline).  Unfortunately I did the math and the stripper which recently let me cop a feel was only 6ish last time I felt boobs.