Wht to do if I purchased a vehicle and put everything in my name but let my ex-girlfriend drive it and pay on it for 7 months until we broke up?
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Wht to do if I purchased a vehicle and put everything in my name but let my ex-girlfriend drive it and pay on it for 7 months until we broke up?
She threatened not to make payments anymore, so I took the car back and now have it in my posesion. Can she legally sue me for what she paid in?
Asked on December 27, 2012 under Bankruptcy Law, Michigan
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 11 years ago | Contributor
It depends on the nature of the agreement between you: if you had agreed to let her have use of the car for some defined length of time (e.g. basically leased it to her for a year) and you ended her possession early, or else were letting her buy it from you you over time by making the payments, then she may well have grounds to sue you--in these cases, you would seem to be in breach of the agreement.
On the other hand, if the agreement, whether written or oral, was just that you'd let her use the car for an undefined period and she would pay for the use she made of it, then there would seem to be no breach. She paid for the use she got; and you would be able to take the car back in this instance.
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