annmarie0001
New Member
Hello Forum - I am hoping someone can assist me and let me know if we (my mom & my son) have any legal rights or basis of a civil suit.
In June 2008 my mom purchased a lexus for my son. She kept it in her name (truthfully because the insurance was too expensive for him - single male 23 years old). In July my son had an accident with the car and my mother then told him that she could no longer keep the car under her insurance and he had until September to figure somethng out. My son who was living with his girlfriend were both shopping for insurance rates and trying to figure out the best way for them to afford the car in their name. After comparing many companies, they figured out that the insurance was lower under her name (becasue she had never had an accident) so they had asked my mother to sign the car over to her (with her aknowledging (many times verbally in front of many different people) the car was his but she was just putting it in her name for insurance purposes only and she did live with him and they were both driving the car because she did not have one) when my mother asked her "what if they break up" her answer was "i will give the car back to Will since it's his car"- Needless to say come October 2008 they broke up and she refuses to give him the car.
We know legally she owns the car since it's in her name and have bought my son a new car to get around. We know we will never get the car back BUT we would like to file a civil suit against her KNOWING we probably will never recover anything. She knows the car is not hers... SHE HAS ABSOLULTELY NOTHING (FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF THE TRACKS) but now she has a lexus.
We figure that perhaps we can file a civil suit (she probably will not answer it and just ignore it because that's the type of person she is) she cannot afford to fight it - and my goal would be to atleast try to obtain a judgment against her (she is 22 years old) - I figure she's 22; she ripped off my 82 year old mother. I would like to at least obtain some sort of judgment and then (she is just starting out in life) as she gets older, wants to get married, buy a house - she will not be able to because of our judgment - down the road she will have some consequences to her actions today.
IS THIS A POSSIBILITY? OR ARE WE BARKING UP A DEAD TREE. We know we will not recover anything BUT i would like for her to feel this down the road when she does try to move on with her life - this will pop up and she will have to realize what she did. Right now she is "gloating" that she took the car....
In June 2008 my mom purchased a lexus for my son. She kept it in her name (truthfully because the insurance was too expensive for him - single male 23 years old). In July my son had an accident with the car and my mother then told him that she could no longer keep the car under her insurance and he had until September to figure somethng out. My son who was living with his girlfriend were both shopping for insurance rates and trying to figure out the best way for them to afford the car in their name. After comparing many companies, they figured out that the insurance was lower under her name (becasue she had never had an accident) so they had asked my mother to sign the car over to her (with her aknowledging (many times verbally in front of many different people) the car was his but she was just putting it in her name for insurance purposes only and she did live with him and they were both driving the car because she did not have one) when my mother asked her "what if they break up" her answer was "i will give the car back to Will since it's his car"- Needless to say come October 2008 they broke up and she refuses to give him the car.
We know legally she owns the car since it's in her name and have bought my son a new car to get around. We know we will never get the car back BUT we would like to file a civil suit against her KNOWING we probably will never recover anything. She knows the car is not hers... SHE HAS ABSOLULTELY NOTHING (FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF THE TRACKS) but now she has a lexus.
We figure that perhaps we can file a civil suit (she probably will not answer it and just ignore it because that's the type of person she is) she cannot afford to fight it - and my goal would be to atleast try to obtain a judgment against her (she is 22 years old) - I figure she's 22; she ripped off my 82 year old mother. I would like to at least obtain some sort of judgment and then (she is just starting out in life) as she gets older, wants to get married, buy a house - she will not be able to because of our judgment - down the road she will have some consequences to her actions today.
IS THIS A POSSIBILITY? OR ARE WE BARKING UP A DEAD TREE. We know we will not recover anything BUT i would like for her to feel this down the road when she does try to move on with her life - this will pop up and she will have to realize what she did. Right now she is "gloating" that she took the car....
