Sale of Vehicle

[Jaycait]

My partner split up with his wife nearly 2 years ago, when he left, he left the family car. It was registered in his name with personal plates. She would not allow him to take any documents with him but he thought this would all be sorted in the divorce. Well thats still going on but he has found out she has sold the car & bought a new one and transfered the plates. He applied for evidence of how she managed to sell it in his name but DVLA said that a form would of been sent to the registered owner & if they had not heard from them in 2 wks it would automatically be transfered to the person (his wife) applying for ownership. This is the most lightly explanation as its registered address is the marital home where she still lives. Does anyone know if there is anything he can legally do

[Cockney_si]

He could legally be thinking about how in two years he never got around to talking to her about who what they were going to do with the car.

[Agent_Smith]

a "private" number plate is only yours if its on retention!

i recently sold a car to a trader with my wifes plate on and even tho we agreed the plate was mine he sold the car with them on and didnt notify the new owner that the plates were ours!

when i spoke to the dvla, they told me the plates were no longer mine as they are attached to the car.

[Buenchico]

A vehicle's registration certificate only states who the registered keeper of the vehicle is. It doesn't give the name of the owner of that vehicle. For example, most company cars will have the employee's name and address on the registration document, even though the vehicle is actually owned by their employer or a leasing company.

The fact that your partner was the registered keeper of the car does not mean that he was the sole owner of the vehicle. The law might well assume that the car was a jointly owned asset, shared by your partner and his wife. It will be up to the lawyers (and/or courts) to rule on the matter.

Until a full settlement is reached, there's nothing that your partner can do, other than to ensure that his solicitor (and the court, if applicable) are aware that the disputed ownership of the car should be taken into account when a settlement is drawn up.

Chris

[jamesisgod]

Dont sell it... it would be like selling your mother!

[Tim123]

"She would not allow him to take any documents with him..."

The problem started when he let her get away with that.

If she has sold something that she knows she does not have title to, that's fraud, and I hope they throw the book at her.