Q: My partner of 6 years signed over his pickup truck to me as a gift and now he wants it back
He was caught driving without a license a couple of times and actually went to jail for it, since he couldn't register the car because he had no license he signed it over to me as a gift, 6 months ago he got caught cheating and left, and now he wants the truck back and telling me that he can get it because of common law, we live in the state of Florida, I feel the truck is mine because he signed it over to me, it is registered under my name and I have been paying the insurance which is under my name since I got the truck ,does he have any legal bounds to the truck?
A:
If the car's title is in your name, and you did not fraudulently sign over the title into your name or he was not coerced to sign over the title to you (coerced means no one held a gun to his head to force him to sign over the title), it is your vehicle.
I am not sure what you mean by "common law" but FL does NOT recognize common law marriages. And since you have not been married to this guy, he has no claim to the car as part of some marital asset.
Hope this helps.
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