I met felicity 20 August 2007. On the 22...

Asked by the Customer on 16-04-2015 20:23:55
Question posted in the General Law category relating to Eastern Cape

I met felicity 20 August 2007. On the 22nd she borought money as her 14 year old child was pregnant and wanted her daughter to have an abortion which I gave the money. Then we started dating and soon after she moved from east london to queenstown to live with me and my son. In november 2007 she ask if her two children could move to queenstown and come live with us. I agreed as they were living with their grandmother in a shack.

She got a transfer to come and work for Life in queenstown and after working their for a month she broke the news that she needs to go back to east london to go study for a year. I later found out that she actually went back to continue a relationship with a married man which I forgave her for. While she was in east london I had to paid school fees for her children put a roof over their heads, feed them and buying clothes and on top of it I had to send felicity regularly money to come home but with excuses it happened ones or twice a month.

This woman I found to be very abusive to me and my son and in december 2009 I said she must find another place for her and her children to stay as she moved to queenstown with her own furniture. Although she moved out we were still in a relationship and march 2010 i was offered a better job oppertunity in mthatha and explained to her that i'm leaving and she and her children was welcome to move with which they did.

And when I was retrenched in 2013 I bought a car and borough it to her as she had to use it to take her child to school. We had plans that when the child finish school in 2014 that she would move back home. When I was retrenched I left all my belongings like furniture and the car with her as she was suppose to move back from mthatha to queenstown. On the 14/2/2015 I proposed to her and she excepted my ring, on the 6/3/2015 she broke off the engagement, on 30/3/2015 she informed me that she had someone else and that she is not giving back my staff.

The car is still in my name, and I have the papers and I got printouts from the furniture shops where I bought the furniture.

What must I do to get back all my stuff as she had her own furniture but proberbly sold hers as she always have financial problems. I even settled all her debts in 2011 and since i've met her, i had to pay 99% for all cost, food, electricity, holidays just for her to have a comfortable live.

What do i have to do to get my stuff back like my furniture and car and because I have proof of my belongings can i open a case of theft as she refuse to give my stuff back

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