Q: Me and my mom cosigned a car together, if I take the car and don't pay my half of the car, can she do anything
I am 17 years old and I don't want to see my mother when I leave my home to go to college. I begged my mum to let me buy a 3000 dollar car, instead, she bought a 20k car and now I pay 150 a month and she does too. I work part-time and make less than 400 a month. When college begins I won't be able to survive like that, making only 250 a month to live alone. I plan on moving across the country and I'm going to need the car to go that far. I'm going to empty my bank account so she can't take any money out of them when I do so she won't get the money from me to pay my half of the car. Can she take any legal action against me
A: Typically, a car cannot be owned by a 17 year old, so her name must be on the title. Is yours on there too? If you stop paying, then she may stop paying, and the car will likely be repossessed.
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