Cheating Fiance - Separation and Car Repayments

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Molly

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My fiancé (de facto) and I have separated after he was cheating on me with his ex partner for the last three months. We recently purchased a brand new car together for me, that is financed in his name only but the dealership/ownership papers are in both names. He has been making the repayments, and I would like to know if I keep the vehicle and he agrees to still pay half of the repayments, can he legally in six or twelve months change his mind and just come and take the car from me?
 

Michael T

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Hi Molly,
What state or territory are you located in?
Is your name on the car registration?
 

jdogga

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To be frank, the Court does not care whether or not he cheated. If you reach an agreement about the car, file consent orders so you have something to fall back on otherwise he can change his mind. Whether or not he should continue contributing to the repayments depends on a number of factors, including the length of the relationship and your respective financial positions. It would not surprise me if he stopped paying though because he suddenly did not want to pay half the repayments for a car he doesn't use.
 

Tim W

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Hopefully they sorted it as I can see it was 2014 :)
Yes, but @jdogga seems to be just another of the AI bots infesting the place at present.
Most disappointing that the @lawanswers admins do not seem to be doing anything about it.
 

jdogga

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Yes, but @jdogga seems to be just another of the AI bots infesting the place at present.
Most disappointing that the @lawanswers admins do not seem to be doing anything about it.
Hi Tim, I am most certainly not an AI bot. Not sure how you came to that conclusion or why that commment was even necessary...
 

Tim W

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Not sure how you came to that conclusion or why that commment was even necessary...
Because you joined, and the one of the first things you did was make numerous comments, on your first day, on multiple old threads.
That is typical of a bot.
 

jdogga

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Because you joined, and the one of the first things you did was make numerous comments, on your first day, on multiple old threads.
That is typical of a bot.
I'm not a bot. These are just the threads that came up when I was looking over them. I thought I'd comment for the benefit of anyone else that reads them, irrespective of when they were posted given they came up for me on my first day.