If an ex girlfriend gifts you money and then demands it after a break up, does she have a legal case?
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If an ex girlfriend gifts you money and then demands it after a break up, does she have a legal case?
She hooked up with me knowing I didn’t have a job. I was in the market looking for work. I was also trying to get back into school. She knew I didn’t have any money. I was looking to sell a laptop. She told me she was going to give me 400 dollars for the laptop. After she bought the laptop back, she clearly stated, ”I want you to to the money and sell the laptop to someone else. I just want to help you”. Ultimately I spent the $400 on a school loan and ended up trading the laptop. We broke up and now she is threatening legal action because she ”loaned” me the money. It was a gift.
Asked on September 27, 2012 under Family Law, Florida
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FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 12 years ago | Contributor
Under the laws of all states in this country once a gift is given to someone the person who gave it cannot legally demand it back. In your matter it appears from what you have written that you were given the $400 and allowed to keep the laptop.
The issue is that the former girlfriend is going to claim that you did not give her the laptop that she paid you $400 for.
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