Her legs almost gave out, but she pulled herself together. Without a word, she took out her phone and called the police. Within minutes, officers arrived.

She showed them all the documents — the deed of ownership, the divorce decree, and the court order evicting her ex-husband. The officers listened to both sides, and then one of them said:

— Sir, you have illegally entered a property that does not belong to you. Please come with us.

The man started shouting, the mother-in-law waved her arms in outrage, but none of it helped. The ex-husband was escorted out, the locksmith was warned about criminal liability, and the mother-in-law, white as chalk, sat down on a chair whispering, “We thought he had the right…”