Greenville, NC asked in Divorce for North Carolina

Q: Can my husband sell our sons truck if we are separated?

My husband and I are separated and our 17 year old son has a truck, which is in his dads name and it's paid for, says he is going to sell the truck if he has to pay me $635 in child support? Child support papers have been filed with Social Services and he has already received the papers.

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  • Jacksonville, NC
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A: If the truck in in your husbands name - then it isn't your son's truck.

So yes, he could (and very likely should) sell it to minimize the impact of child support - especially if he is the one who paid for the truck.

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