If my ex-boyfriend and I had a car together in both our names and we used that car as a trade-in to purchase a new car that is in my name only, do I legally owe him money?
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If my ex-boyfriend and I had a car together in both our names and we used that car as a trade-in to purchase a new car that is in my name only, do I legally owe him money?
He is claiming that I owe him money for my car.
Asked on February 9, 2016 under Business Law, West Virginia
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 8 years ago | Contributor
It depends on what the agreement between you was: it would be legal for the agreement to be that after using the car as the trade-in, you would pay him some share of its value (or even share of the new car's value); and it would also be legal for him to have gifted his interest in the older car to you, so that you could sue it for a trade-in without any obligation to him.
If there was nothing in writing recording what the agreement was and you and he disagree, if he feels you owe him money, he could sue you; you and he will each tell your stories to the court, and the court will decide who is right and who is wrong.
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