Beer Baron wrote: Good to hear! I would thank the kids and soon-to-be-ex wife. It wasn't their responsibility to clean up after the guy's mistakes, but they did. They helped make your life not more obnoxious than it needed to be. You can bet the dead beat isn't going to thank them for taking care of his mistakes.
Yeah, I could have been a dick and hit them for a cleaning fee since they left some trash in the garage, but in reality I had it swept out in about 20 minutes and had a beer while I was doing it. I did thank her on the phone and if I see the kids I will do likewise with them.
Of course, I'm sure none of them wanted to deal with the old man's wrath when he got out of lock up and found all his E36 M3 was gone. So that was also an impetus.