Q: My husband wants a divorce and is trying to sell before the divorce a vehicle he gifted me prior to marriage.
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There isn't a question here, but we can intuit that this asker wants to know if the husband can sell a vehicle he gifted to the asker spouse. The answer is yes until the divorce is actually filed. Couples are free to transact business without legal permission. That is the essential nature of "freedom": we can act without permission from a government entity.
Perhaps this asker should file for divorce to save her automobile by way of an automatic stay the law imposes in divorce actions. However, the asker should understand that an automobile is a rapidly depreciating asset and can be here today and gone tomorrow.
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