Can I Kick My Ex Out And Change The Locks? – The McKinney Law Group

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00:00:04 oh man I get this question all the time and unfortunately the short answer is no You can’t do that And think about it Think about if you came home and your ex had kicked you out and changed the locks You would be furious right there are procedures that you can follow to possibly get what you want But look the court looks at this home as marital property and it’s owned by both of you right and you can’t just come in and change the locks and kick that person out It just doesn’t work that way And look even if you do do that oftentimes a

00:00:34 cop can show up at your door with the other person I’ve had cops tell parties “Look I will kick this door in if you don’t let them in.” So it’s not a good idea However you do have options right you can ask the court to give you what’s called exclusive use and possession of the house And that would be a legal mechanism that actually does kick your ex out and allows you to change the locks But you have to go through that legal channel right if you don’t do that then it does not look good in your case

00:00:58 if you just change the locks and kick them out So the answer unfortunately is going to be no to that