Me and my husband separated a few months ago. Nothing has happened in terms of any divorce proceedings etc. He Literally moved out one day and we see each other a few times a week as we have a child.
He keeps taking items every so often from our home because he thinks they are his as he paid for them. Soon after he moved out he said he was taking the television, I said no because it belongs to both of us. He paid for it but I paid for the sofas for example. He then tried to take a speaker, I said no as it was gifted to both of us. Recently he came round whilst I was out and cleared the shelves of the DVDs. Granted some of these were ones he owned prior to our marriage, but he has literally taken them all, there were hundreds and some were gifted to me for birthdays etc. He would have paid for the majority as it was a sort of hobby of his to collect films, but I still believe they were marital purchases, as they were bought for both of us.
His view is what is his is his and what's mine is ours. I paid for all the furniture, appliances, decor etc in our home, so given his view of whatever we personally paid for is ours, I will assume the contents of our home belongs to me?
He always takes things like this when I'm out and will only take clothes when I am home to see what he's doing. He told me he was coming to collects some bits, if I'd have known what he was planning to take I could have gone through them in advance.
Am I right in thinking items like dvds are a joint ownership and should be discussed and divided appropriately? And in fact any items that were purchased during the marriage?