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Getting sued for gifts

Asked on Nov 26th, 2012 on Civil Litigation - Minnesota
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My girlfriends parents gifted us money to buy a house and bought appliances for the house 5 years ago. We split up four years ago and they are constantly hounding me to pay back the gifts. The house is in my name.
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Litigation Attorney serving Greenwich, CT
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Gifts are gifts, not loans. Once the donor transfers the property to the donee, in the absence of an agreement to the contrary, the property becomes the sole and absolute property of the donee, not subject to repayment if the donee is divorced from the donor's daughter.
Answered on Nov 26th, 2012 at 9:51 PM

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