Can I sue my exboyfriend for reimbursement of personal bills that I paid for his credit cards, cell phone, etc?
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Can I sue my exboyfriend for reimbursement of personal bills that I paid for his credit cards, cell phone, etc?
I was in a 3 year relationship that he ended and I want to be reimbursed for paying his personal bills for 1.5 years
Asked on November 22, 2011 under Bankruptcy Law, California
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Answered 13 years ago | Contributor
You can sue your former boyfriend for reimbursement of the personal bills that you paid for his credit cards and the like. Although you would not be barred from suing him by the statute of limitations, a concern that I have is that the judge or jury could deem the bills that you paid were done so as a gift at the time the bills were paid. If the payment was done as a gift, your former boyfriend could assert that as an affirmative defense to the lawsuit.
If you have some documentation stating that he was to repay you for the payments made for his behalf and he has failed to do so, then you should write him seeking the reimbursement by a certain date. If not provided, then you can bring an action against him.
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