Legal Question in Family Law in California
Automobile rights
My friend owns a Mercedes and he has been paying it on his own for several years now with his own checking account. His wife keeps threatening to take his car away because the loan and car are under her name only can she legally do this?
Asked on 3/30/01, 7:30 am
1 Answer from Attorneys
Re: Automobile rights
In a nutshell, yes. NY is still a title
state prior to a divorce action being commencedd
and the person in whose name the title stands
controls the asset until a divorce judge steps
in and says otherwise. Which a divorce
judge is able to do, but only after an
action is pending. Very similar to a child
driving a car in the parent's name. At
any time the parent may revoke permission
to use the car.
Answered on 6/04/01, 6:20 pm