my ex wants my car please help

[angellee21]

hello, could someone please help me. my ex and i got a car around two years ago he paid most of the money for it and it was put into my name straight away because he hasnt got a licence. we had a bad break up last year where he was threatening me and my family and saying he wanted my car. anyway he got that bad that i gave him the car because the police said i didnt have a choice. he parked it in a neighbours garden for months while me and my 4 children had to walk everywhere in the winter. he did at the time have a pickup, a van and my car. yes he drives every single day and doesnt have a licence, when he took the car the first time the police knew he didnt have a licence but did nothing about it. anyway my sister lent me the money to buy a new car which was dropping to bits and eventually he gave me my car back. i lost out on tax, and have been left with a lovely bill from my insurance company for cancelling. i pay for everything for the car, getting it fixed, mot, tax and insurance and now he's starting with me again and says he wants my car back. my children and i rely on this car so much, im on benefits at college studying and cant afford to go through all of this again, he's a bricklayer, still driving around in his van and likes to rub in the fact that he has plenty of money. he has my spare key too and he refuses to give me it back, when he's not starting on me its 'yes of course the car is yours' and 'i would never take it away from you again'. can someone please tell me if there is anything at all i can do.

thankyou for listening

[chattykathy]

If it's in your name then you can sell it and buy a new one which he won't have any claim to. What a bar stool!Hey, nearly forgot to say, I'd report him for driving without a licence as well!

[ummmm]

Just because it's in her name it doesn't make her the legal owner.

[angellee21]

hiya, thanx for replying. after threatening me last time i did report him for driving 3 times and they did nothing at all about it, the police know he drives to work every day and do nothing. if i was to sell my car (which i really don want to do) he would seriously burn out any car i got and then start with my family and there cars. im stuck either way

[welshlibranr]

well personally, even though it would make life harder, and we would have to walk everywhere, I'd tell him to keep the car!.........I would never allow him to manipulate me in this way!.............Oh, and I would report him for driving without a licence!.......

[aggiela]

Phone and report him while you know he is driving, give the reg and destination, tell them you've reported before and if they don't stop him you are going to the press, your local MP and local paper, say something along the lines of "if a child is killed and they knew...." might be a bluff but they won't take the chance. As to ownership it says on the logbook that being the registered keeper is not proof of ownership so I don't know how that would be resolved without small claims court but I've seen enough Judge Judy to know whoever turns up with the most evidence in their favour wins!....good luck hun x

[chattykathy]

Point taken, ummmm, just a gut reaction I suppose.
Angellee - He sounds like a right charmer and enjoys having power over you. I know it would be really hard but could you tell him to stick it and have nothing to do with him? Or borrow the money from family to but your own car? - you obviously manage well by paying tax, insurance etc. Good luck!

[AlBags]

What a mess. Now you have learned about control freaks.
What did you do with 'your' car? Sell it again?

If that is his car .. you will have to give it back .. again... and learn from the experience.
Only accept things of value .. like cars .. are totally yours .. if you get a receipt or can prove they have actually been given you.

(and get rid of him ... sounds like a right a$$hole)

Don't bother with the reporting thing .. you're wasting your time. They need to catch him.

[ummmm]

How do you prove it was given to you?

[AlBags]

Mwahahaha!
Make a presentation vid : )

That's why signed paperwork is sometimes a good thing.

[ummmm]

It's just not something you think about when things are hunky dory....

I don't think OH would want my car....but like the OP, you never know what someone will do out of spite..

[angellee21]

thankyou all for your advice and i would love nothing more than to get rid of him but he's the father of my youngest so i'll never be free of him. id love to say shove the car too but i have to get my four bairns to school before going to college then spend almost every night taking them to their clubs so its just not something i can do without. i really appreciate all yours responses thankyou x

[Toureman]

I know you are talking about a car but you should realy be putting your question on answerbank here.....

http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Law/

where you might get more informed help !