Legal Question in Civil Rights Law in California

can my mom keep my car from me and let my father drive it, if my name is on the title and it is a "or" title not "and". my mother is primary on the auto loan and i am the co signer. she has been keeping this vechile from me since june telling me i will go to prison if i take the car so i have not tried to take the car.


Asked on 12/23/12, 7:22 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Daphne Macklin Law Office of Daphne L. Macklin

The key here is who is making the car payments, insurance payments and otherwise maintaining the vehicle. The form of the title appears to indicate that you and your mother a co-owners which would imply equal rights of ownership and opportunity for use. On the other hand if you are only a "co-signer" on the car loan and you are not paying the car note or doing anything else consistent with ownership, then my recommendation is that work out with your mother whether you are still willing to be a co-signer on what is clearly her loan on her car.

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Answered on 12/27/12, 5:02 pm


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