Legal Question in Credit and Debt Law in Texas

Paying back a friend.

If a friend, whom you were in a sexual relationship with loans you money of a substantial amount,(6K-10K) are you required by ANY law to repay this money. There was no signed agreement. There was nothing put in writing that this money would be paid back except the word of that friend. ''I promise I will pay you back.''

Also, at the time that this money was loaned, I was in a serious, sexual relationship with this person. I have since left the relationship and gotten married to someone else. Now this person is demanding that I repay the money that I borrowed more than a year ago. I believe that this is the result of a bruised ego. Am I under any law to repay this money? Can this person sue me, or take me to small claims court without having a signed agreement? Or any other agreement? The only promise of repaying this person was a verbal promise that could probably be dismissed given the fact that we were in a sexual relationship at the time. And this person would have done anything for me given the status of the relationship. Am I correct in these assumptions?

Thank you,

PH


Asked on 8/04/05, 5:00 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Austin Nimocks Austin R. Nimocks & Associates, P.L.L.C.

Re: Paying back a friend.

No. Your assumptions are incorrect. There was a verbal agreement to repay the money and this is sufficient. That the loan and promise to pay may have occurred in the midst of pillow talk is irrelevant. If your friend chooses to do so, they can sue you to enforce the debt.

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Answered on 8/04/05, 8:02 pm


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