Legal Question in Real Estate Law in Illinois
boat title
my boyfriend & i bought a boat together last summer; however, i was the one who paid for it all upfront and with my own cash. it was a verbal agreement between my boyfriend & i that he would owe me & pay me back for half. we both told all of our family members & friends the payment situation. my boyfriend has said to me & all of our family members & friends that he knows he owes me for half of the boat & that he needs to pay it back to me. my boyfriend has not ever once paid me back anything. now he has taken the title & put it in his name only. how do i get the title back & get it in my name only??
1 Answer from Attorneys
Re: boat title
Title was not legally transferred if you never signed off on it but that will not help you if he sells it to a third innocent purchaser. You will have to sue him or at least begin the process showing you are serious by getting an attorney involved.