Car Gift!!

[emmabrown1]

My boyfriend bought me a car and is registered in my name there are no financial payments to make.We have now split up and he is threatening to take the car back am I legally entitled to keep it?

[Mrs_Pegasus]

You are the registered keeper not the owner.

If the transaction took place in his name then he does have rights to have the car returned.

[Catso]

I suppose it comes down to: did he buy you a car, or did he give you a car?

Mrs_P is right though; if he merely bought you a car, then it's his.

[Ethel]

Why would you want to keep it? I firmly believe that gifts should be returned after a split.

Don't be obligated to him in any way - and cut all ties.

[Pippa68]

The only 'gift' you are legally obliged to return after a relationship ends is an engagement ring ~ and this is only enforceable if the guy takes you to court.

I would assume the car was a gift, therefore you are entitled to keep it. However as Ethel has pointed out would you really want to keep it? in my opinion I would be likely to just hand it back as if it were a piece of paper..make out it means nothing to you!

[keithlbw]

The car is registered in your name..therefor the car is yours tell your ex to take a hike or take you to court .He will have to pay the court costs when he loses...which he will.

[Mrs_Pegasus]

keith, the car is not legally hers!

For an example, some company/lease cars are registered in the employees name, but the ownership belongs to the company or the lease company. The car does not belong to the employee. They are the registered keeper, not the owner. Just like someone is the tenant but not the owner of the property.

[CSG2306]

Hi all,

A gift is a gift, end of matter.

If someone gives a car, or anything else for that matter as a gift, it belongs to the person to whom it was given.

In answer to the question, Emmabrown 1 is entitled to keep the car.

Regards

[klondike118]

i dont know the answer to this if it was me id get leagel advise

good luck?

klondike.

[espresso]

I was in the same situation a couple of years ago. The car is yours, you are the registered owner and it was a gift. And, hello?? of course you should want to keep it - we can't all afford to give away cars and buy new ones at the drop of a hat! I told my ex that I'd spent about half the value of the car on all his xmas and birthday presents (which I wasn't asking to be returned) and the car had decreased in value to the tune of the other half and so we were quits. He's showing his true colours to you now - you are better off without him and you have NOTHING to feel guilty about!

[Nether Edge]

I'd sell the car then change my telephone number. Once you get a gift, that is that. It's yours, to keep or sell or even dismember. As you say, he bought you a car- didn't just let you use his- so it became yours.