Garrett called me seventeen times that night, demanding to know how I could lock him out of “his” house. My attorney quickly made one thing clear: sole ownership did not automatically mean I could permanently remove a spouse who had been living there without following the proper process. So I did not rely on bags on the porch. I preserved Garrett’s messages telling his recovering wife and newborn to leave, documented Marguerite’s involvement, and began the appropriate family-court process immediately.
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