If I was denied property access after divorce settlement how can I retrieve my property?

You have a few options. If you were awarded property in the court's order and your ex denies access to the property, you could file a motion for order to show cause against your ex directing your ex to explain why either he/he is justified in keeping you from accessing your property or should be held in contempt of court and sanctioned. If the court ruled in your favor, it will typically direct your asked to return the property or risk having judgment entered against him/her for the value of the property and/or jailed for failure to comply with the courts previous order awarding the property to you. Under certain circumstances, you may be able to report the property to the police as stolen are you legally withheld from you, although usually the police are not eager to help people in divorce situations by charging each other with crimes, even if there really is a crime or crimes being committed. Be prepared for the police to tell you that this is a "civil matter" whether it really is or isn't. A third option is to sue incivil court for conversion or replevin. When you sue for conversion you are asking the court to award you the value of the items withheld from you, but you do not get the items back. Suing for conversion is often a good way to recover when you're exclaves the items have been lost or stolen away from him/her. While you may not get the item back, you will get damages in the form of money representing the value of the item kept from you. Replevin is an action in civil court where you Sue to recover the item taken, not for the value of the item. If you went to replevin action, the court orders the defendant to return the property to you, or risk being held in contempt of court and jailed or find, etc. for failure to comply with the courts order or refusal to comply.

File a motion and get a court order allowing you to do so.

File a motion for contempt of court against your ex for not returning your property.

Call the police and see if they will help. Otherwise file a motion for contempt.

If your ex refuses to allow you to retrieve your property, you can either sue in Civil Court or return to Family Court for an Order to allow you to get your property. Remember, however, time is of the essence. Good luck.

Hire an attorney and enforce the court's order.

Get an order from the court allowing access to retrieve your property.

The police may help you retrieve your belongings, but if they won't, you will need to go to court to obtain order which the police will enforce (if your ex won't honor it).

You can ask for the police or sheriff to accompany you to the house for property retrieval. Show them the order. Good luck.

It depends on the type of settlement you entered. If through a court order, then you may have to proceed with a contempt action against your spouse. If through a Separation Agreement, then you may have to proceed with a lawsuit for breach of contract. With the Separation Agreement, there is likely a provision to recover attorney's fees if your spouse has breached the Agreement. Attorney's fees are also allowed in a contempt action. Often, a strongly worded letter from an attorney can solve this problem. The above answer would be completely different if you did not have a formal settlement document.