can he take my car away?

[salmurf10]

my soon to be ex-husband wants to take the car. he pays the finance, the car is registered to me and in my possession, what rights do i have?

[joeluke]

........although if he stops paying the finance it won't be your car

[woofgang]

actually no, you can be the registered keeper but not the legal owner...if he bought it and the finance is in his name, it looks like he might be the legal owner.

[EcclesCake]

Not many I wouldn't have thought, as has been said if he defaults on the payments then the finance company can recover the vehicle.

[Toureman]

Non!

Woofgang is right !

If he has paid for the car it belongs to him so he can do whatever he likes with his car the registered keeper is not necessarily the owner.

[cathfromsaron]

let him have it and you won't get saddled with the outstanding finance. then buy a better car.

[BRIGHT SPARK]

Sort it out soon....if he drives through 4 speed cameras you wont have a licence

[AlBags]

Woofgang is correct .. The Registered Keeper does not infer 'ownership'.
If you don't want hassle with finance company or from him .. better hand it over.
He could amass fines and you would be responsible, unfortunately, as you would also be responsible for tax, etc.

[ladybirder]

Quite right. My daughter is the registered keeper of my car. I am the owner.

[DTCwordfan]

one thing to saddle him with - let him have it and go to Tesco's for one of their lease cars (S-Tel today as to an announcement).

[Hopkirk]

Surely you both own it equally, and it is part of the group of assets that you have to agree to split.

[Tony_Cropper]

If the car is under a hire-purchase contract then the hire -purchase company has legal ownership of the vehicle until the loan is paid out.
If the agreement is in his name then the ownership rights are between himself and the company, unless a separate agreement is in place to assign ownership rights to yourself.
This usually involves approval from the finance company as they don't want to have more than one party on the contract.
If However you are both signatories to the HP contract, then you have equal rights of ownership and need not hand over the car. A visit to your lawyer would begin the separation process and you should seek an injunction on assets until a hearing decides the outcome. Ultimately it is a family court or civil matter, Good Luck.