I think you could work it into your seperation agreement such as “each party will be responsible for payment, care and upkeep of the individual vehicles.” It’s worth a try and seems reasonable to me
If one family makes a significant financial transaction shortly before the marraige the court may look at that more in depth. If she purchased a car she will likely be distributed the debt and the value of the car which means the impact on the division of the marital estate may be minimal.
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This is a related question. My spouse, a month before separation, went out and purchased a brand new sports car that he used to drive his mistress around in. He used the children’s college fund to purchase it. A month after separation, he sold the car back to the dealership for a 9K loss. We are going to court for ED. Could I argue that he wasted marital funds and that most or all of that 9K be credited to me.
we already had 4 family cars (one was a car that our child drove) and he had a motorcycle and it was not a purchase we agreed upon. he went out alone and bought it.
Yes, you can make that argument.
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The STBX and I have agreed to separate w/o the hassle of going to court. My question concerns maritals debts. My STBX just within the last couple of months went out and purchased a vehicle knowing that we were having marital problems. Her car was running fine and I feel she just wanted to acquire the car while we were still married so that it would count as a marital debt. Am I required to have this go into the pot since she is the only one who has gotten any benefit from the vehicle? Isn’t there something that prevents this type of behavior?