Legal Question in Family Law in Utah

Ex wife owes me money, can i take her car?

I filled for bankruptcy with my ex wife while we were married. It was a chapter 13 so we had to make five years worth of payments toward our debt. Two years into the bankruptcy we seperated and the divorce was finalized a year after that. In the divorce decree she recieved the car, and the bankruptcy payments split between the two of us. Knowing that she would never make a payment and that it would ultimately fall on me to do so, I payed off the bankruptcy. I have now recieved the title to her car (it was part of the bankruptcy). As I see it she owes me about $5000 for her part of the bankruptcy payments. Can I hold the title until she pays? Or can I take her as payment? Can I sue?


Asked on 1/11/06, 6:52 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Alvin Lundgren Alvin R. Lundgren, L.C.

Re: Ex wife owes me money, can i take her car?

You can demand payment from you ex for both the debt on the car and the bankruptcy debt. You can keep title until she pays for the car.

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Answered on 1/12/06, 11:18 am


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