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Neutral party entrusted with the belongings of divorcing couple
I was requested by a couple who were leaving the UAE to retrieve their belongings, as they could not fit them into their luggage.
One of them is my friend and co-worker, and the other is a Swiss national whom I only know via my friend.
The instructions were to hold on to the belongings until they were able to send me an address and money to ship them to their new location in the USA.
In the short time they've been in the USA, a string of events had led them to separate. The Swiss national moved back to Switzerland and has been making legal threats and physical harm threats to me if I do not send his belongings to him.
Since the bags contain both of their belongings, I have decided to send the bags to my friend in the USA so that the belongings can be divided in front of a divorce lawyer. Does this break any legal grounds on my part?
He is making threats to open cases in Dubai and the EU. Is this possible based on these grounds?
The Swiss national is simply making threats. Write an email addressed to both parties, to mutually decide to ship the item to a common location or one party instructing you to ship it to the other party.
Failing which, it will be kept on hold and you decline any responsibility as to the cost and consequences.
