Debate: Ownership of a car?

[Kate]

Here is the summary of the situation.

My mom's boyfriend paid for a car off my aunt who needed the money to move. The deal was for my MOTHER to pay him, NOT me. 6 months go by and all of a sudden I'm supposed to pay him $2000 out of nowhere. The title was in my name and now a year after the fact, everything started going out. I'm the only one that drives it, put gas in it, etc.. I got sick of having to do repairs and it died so I traded it and paid a little extra for something a lot better. He walked in the house asked who's truck it was and then threw shit, screaming "you bitch", and demanded I pay him $2000 at once and I better do it.

I never signed anything saying I would pay for it. She might have. Could he legally sue me for the money? I am over 18 but was 17 when I got the car.
Ungrateful? Hmm. Im sure CPS would beg to defer. This man charges her $500 a month for "rent" and wont marry her because of that. She has gotten busted for child abuse and left me and my brother with drug addicts and let a woman who was mentally disturbed live in our house. She then allowed the chance for me to be sexually assulted in my own bed when I was 9. My grandmother was my saving grace. Excuse you. I don't work full time weeks and two jobs for nothing. I buy my own things, pay my own insurance, ect.. This man also lies to her saying my baby brother "breaks in his office" and steals anywhere between $10-$200 from his wallet, which is on his person at all times or locked in his truck. He's already been jailed for domestic violence and as soon as I have enough saved-I'm leaving for college which I am paying for along with whatever grants and scholarships I have qualified for. Fuck you.

 

[r1b1c*]

NO.

He can't sue you for that money, unless he has a document saying that you owe him that money. That car was in your name, if you owed him money for the property he should have had you sign for that debt AND put a lien on the vehicle, he did not. Even assuming that his claim is real, it would not stand in a court of law.

Now, he could sue your mother. But unless your mother acknowledges the debt he can't win that either, it would all be a matter of he said, she said.

 

[Teekno]

He can sue you, but he can't win.

He might win if he sues your mother.

 

[GoGo Girls]

Here's the way I see it. So you think your mother is rich enough to buy you a $2000 car? Why would you think you deserved it? You are really coming across as the bad self centered spoiled rotten kid. Legally, you are in the right, but you've fucked over your mother and her boyfriend to do it. You would be wise to admit that you need to repay him for the car unless you are willing to kiss your mother goodbye forever. Make payments or something, show some good faith here.