QUESTION
Who gets to keep the vehicle once the divorce is final?
Asked on Aug 30th, 2013 on Divorce - Florida
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We are divorcing and have one vehicle. It’s in his name but he abandoned me and the vehicle and left the state. I paid for it.
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Question is for the judge to decide.
Answered on Sep 10th, 2013 at 4:22 PM
The decree of divorce should contain a provision that awards the vehicle to you or to your husband, and which provides that he should sign off on the title in your favor if the vehicle is in his name. It sounds like you have the vehicle, but you may have difficulty registering it in your name if your husband will not sign over the title to you. The decree might be sufficient for the Department of Motor Vehicles to issue a duplicate title in your name. The decree could also authorize the clerk of the court to sign over the title to you, if your husband refuses to do so.
Answered on Sep 10th, 2013 at 4:22 PM
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Ask the judge to give it to you and get an order allowing the transportation department to transfer title to you. You may have to pay your husband half the value.
Answered on Sep 10th, 2013 at 4:22 PM