Legal Question in Family Law in California

You need a marital settlement agreement that is incorporated into your divorce judgment. It needs to cover who gets what vehicle and require the other to sign the DMV paperwork to grant sole title to the one who is keeping each vehicle. It also needs to specifically provide that the person keeping each vehicle is responsible for the payments. Unfortunately this is not binding on the creditor, so if he stops making payments on his car, you can be held liable no matter what you do, so you may want some provision for remedies if that happens. Even without such a provision, though, he would be obligated to reimburse you for anything you might have to pay on his car once the judgment is entered.