I split with my ex over 2 years ago, and we had lived together for almost a decade. Naturally, living together, all of my things were in our family home. He prevented me from entering the home, so I can't go in and take the things. All locks have been changed, and there are cameras everywhere. Since I left (just with the clothes I was wearing and my laptop), he has given me one bag of clothes back, and half of them were mouldy because he'd left them in a bag for months. Everything else remains at his house. When I drop the children there, I see some of my things in the bin outside his house sometimes.
I have asked him so many times, in person, by email and through the courts and he keeps saying of course you can have them back, but I need to sort it out. I've even reported it to the police as it's essentially theft of all of my property, but they weren't interested. I was initially told that I would get my things back when we settled the house purchase (he bought me out). This didn't happen despite my asking. The courts didn't want to know either.
Of course, my life has moved on quite a lot, and I have new clothes and a house full of things I need to live, but there are a few items it just hurts me to be without. My grandmother's engagement ring, for one. Is there anything I can do to ever be reunited with my belongings? Even if it's only the ring? I don't feel good about asking the kids, and they have told me that Daddy has "hidden" most of my things anyway. I guess this means he's gotten rid. Any advice?