Is there a way to get off a car title and loan, if a co-signer has decided to no longer make their payments?
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Is there a way to get off a car title and loan, if a co-signer has decided to no longer make their payments?
The rough sketch is a niece moves in with fiance, puts her name on a car loan and title with him since he can’t get one on his own. She then realizes he’s a deadbeat, leaves him, but is now stuck with his payments which he refuses to make since he knows she will do it in order to preserve her credit rating. She took possession of the vehicle and hid it, and now needs a way to get off both the title and the loan or some way that she can sell it back to the dealer and take the loss. The boyfriend demands the car, yet refuses to make any payments, make up any past payments or cooperate in any way.
Asked on June 16, 2012 under Bankruptcy Law, Minnesota
Answers:
M.T.G., Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 11 years ago | Contributor
Okay she needs to seek legal help. He is also a rightful owner and hiding the car from him interferes with his ownership rights. That could get her in trouble. Her issues with him are contractual. She is taking it to a different level. She is going to have to negotiate this with him unfortunate as it is. She has learned a lesson the hard way. Good luck to her.
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