Legal Question in Personal Injury in Arizona
My daughter is turning 18....
She has made some poor choices over the past year. My husband wants to put the vehicle that we gave her into HER name when she is 18; He doesn't want to become involved in any lawsuits caused by her poor judgement. My question is....can we be sued just because the vehicle is in our name? I would assume that when she becomes an adult that we are no longer responsible - regardless of the registered owner of the vehicle. ??? I don't want to make the change unnecessarily because her insurance rates will go thru the roof if the vehicles comes out of our name. I would appreciate any input.
1 Answer from Attorneys
Once your child turns 18, you will not be legally liable for your daughter's acts. But, you may still have responsibility for "wrongs" caused by your dauther under certain circumstances, such as your negligent entrustment of the vehicle to your daughter if you know that she is a risk. You will not, however, be responsible for your duaghter's acts merely because she is your daughter (as you could be when she was a minor).
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