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Boyfriend's boss

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mrodrigue20

Junior Member
My boyfriends boss bought him a car and has been taking payments out for the car twice a month leaving my boyfriend with little to no money. When he confronted his boss and said he wanted to pay once a month his boss kicked him out the house and said he is taking the car away. My boyfriend said he wanted all the money his boss took out for the car back and his boss said no. Is this legal?
 


Proserpina

Senior Member
My boyfriends boss bought him a car and has been taking payments out for the car twice a month leaving my boyfriend with little to no money. When he confronted his boss and said he wanted to pay once a month his boss kicked him out the house and said he is taking the car away. My boyfriend said he wanted all the money his boss took out for the car back and his boss said no. Is this legal?
Please tell us where you're located. How is the car titled?
 

latigo

Senior Member
My boyfriends boss bought him a car and has been taking payments out for the car twice a month leaving my boyfriend with little to no money. When he confronted his boss and said he wanted to pay once a month his boss kicked him out the house and said he is taking the car away. My boyfriend said he wanted all the money his boss took out for the car back and his boss said no. Is this legal?
There is much missing here, but boyfriend cannot recover the money deducted from his salary, excepting, that is, as to any amounts taken that exceed the agreed indebtedness owed boss for buying him a car.

If the car is registered solely in boyfriend's name (which I suspect it is as "bought him a car" seems to so indicate) then boss cannot legally seize possession of the car. If perchance it is registered to both boyfriend and boss, then each have equal rights to its possession.

If the title is registered in boyfriend's sole name and there is not evidence of a lien shown on the title, then in spite of what boss thinks he has no security interest in the vehicle and cannot legally seize it and sell it without committing grand larceny.

With no security interest and no salary boss has nothing but a "chose in action" to recover judgment against boyfriend for whatever balance, if any, that is legitimately owed him. But agreement so loose hard to prove.

Boyfriend not too bright, but should hide car, look for work. And if in his name, sell it.
 

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