My ex boyfriend tricked me into buying him a car in my name only. It just got repossessed. He owes, I owe 19000.00 on it. How can I get all the money that is owed to me?
Answer:
You owe on the car. But that doesn't mean your boyfriend doesn't "owe" you.
How did he "trick" you? You need to speak with a lawyer, as someone else here already indicated. Your recourse is to sue him, and the likelihood of your succeeding can be assessed only be a lawyer in your jurisdiction who can evaluate the strength of your case/evidence.
Just because the car is in your name, meaning that you bear all the financial responsibility vis-a-vis the creditor while your ex bears none, does not necessarily mean you're SOL. Although there is, as you know, a difference between winning in court and actually recovering the money from the defendant (your ex, in this case) -- so what can happen and what will happen may be two different things.
Please, speak to a lawyer. And don't be so quick to put an asset in your name next time -- it's your liability, your reputation, your credit rating on the line.
Good luck.
ETA The amount of money at issue means that any case would *not* be in small claims.
Your fault. Ultimately, he can't trick you because it was your decision.
Sue him
Ouch! You need to talk to a lawyer.
Unfortunently you can't. That was the risk you took when you allowed him to put your name on it. You assumed responsibility if he would default on his payments.
All you can do is sue him for the towing costs ect... Its in your name so you are responsible for the payments.
On a side note, you should wait until making huge finacial moves like that until you are married.
ya you should sue him
This was an extremely poor judgment on your part and you're going to have to deal with it somehow and learn from this horrible mistake.
I doubt that you can sue him - it will probably be laughed out of court.
Unless you have some written agreement with him, you're stuck for it. When you made your agreement, if not in writing, was anyone there to witness it? If so, you might have a slim chance in small claims court to get a judgement for him to pay the difference between the loan amount and what the car is eventually sold for. Hope you learned a lesson on this one. Good luck!
Put a contract out on his sorry butt. Then go get some counseling for ignorance.
ex boyfriend...lol...that's trick number 2
you can sue him but the 19K means that it will not be in small claims but in real civil court, better talk to a lawyer on how to file etc
legally, there is nothing that you can do. you could try judge judy or something like that, but thats about it.
take him to court..hopefully you have paper work to prove what you say is ture. if not you won't win then you will have to suck it up and count it as a lesson learned
How did he "trick you" into signing legal documents in front of a witness (the car dealer or loan officer)?
Sounds like you need to take some responsibility for your poor judgment and learn a lesson instead of trying to blame an idiot. You are in charge of your own decisions in life.
Unless you can show the court a written agreement to the effect that he will pay you back the money owed, or unless you can show the court proof that he made himself liable for the debt, you alone hold legal responsibility for the car.
Whether or not you like that it's the law. Sure, you can sue. However, for that amount you will be required to sue in District court where the cost of representation will be more than $3,000 at a minimum and without a guarantee of recovery.
You cannot leagally nor can the court, rewrite the agreement you had with the finance company. Therefore, the contract stands as written holding you individually liable for the debt.
why would you even think of doing that??
and yes you should sue him.might i ask why did you take the car from him as soon as you had broken up?
When he took off with the car should have reported it stolen.
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