partners ex sold his possessions!

bewilderedhelpneeded

Not sure what thread to post this in so hope it's right one!
Today my partner found out that his ex has sold some of his vehicles without his permission. He has discovered that his vehicles are missing from the formal marital home and his ex has admitted 'disposing' of them. They were registered in his name only and stored at the former marital home that he still co owns with his ex. They are going to court shortly to deal with the financial side of the divorce. We cannot work out how she has done it as she did not legally own the vehicles. Is this theft? One of the vehicles belonged to his late father and was leftto my partner in his will so had huge sentimental value. The intention was to leave this vehicle to my partners son. His ex knew all of this so has in effect stolen from her own son as well. She will not tell him how she did it or where they have gone so he has no chance of getting them back. Is there anything he can do?

mum2one

i'd report her to the police, who has the DVLA reg forms, as she would need to sign that over x

NewKittenHelp

Phone the police and bring the matter to the court's attention via your solicitor.

duchy

If they were that valuable to him -why on earth did he leave them there ? Isn't marital property jointly owned anyway though ? If he stored several cars there and she sold half of them -she may be perfectly within her rights to do so. (If she sold them for scrap she might not have needed the log books)

Fire_Fox

Report the loss to the police, they can get the car that has sentimental value back because it was not sold legally. Having said that I am not sure that your ex is entitled to leave his possessions at the former marital home, just as he is not permitted to just walk in because it is not his home any more.

bewilderedhelpneeded

mum2one wrote: »

i'd report her to the police, who has the DVLA reg forms, as she would need to sign that over x

They were at the former marital home

bewilderedhelpneeded

NewKittenHelp wrote: »

Phone the police and bring the matter to the court's attention via your solicitor.

My partner does not have a solicitor as he cannot afford one. He will write to her solicitor though and send copy to the court's so they are aware of what she has done

bewilderedhelpneeded

duchy wrote: »

If they were that valuable to him -why on earth did he leave them there ? Isn't marital property jointly owned anyway though ? If he stored several cars there and she sold half of them -she may be perfectly within her rights to do so. (If she sold them for scrap she might not have needed the log books)

He was advised that because he jointly owned the property he could legally leave his stuff there. It appears she may have sold them for scrap but surely the person who collected them would have needed to see that they legally belonged to her?

bewilderedhelpneeded

Fire_Fox wrote: »

Report the loss to the police, they can get the car that has sentimental value back because it was not sold legally. Having said that I am not sure that your ex is entitled to leave his possessions at the former marital home, just as he is not permitted to just walk in because it is not his home any more.

We believe they might have been sold as scrap and therefore crushed. My partner was advised that he could leave his possessions at the property as he still jointly owned it and they were going to deal with all the possessions anyway as part of the financial settlement

Fire_Fox

bewilderedhelpneeded wrote: »

We believe they might have been sold as scrap and therefore crushed. My partner was advised that he could leave his possessions at the property as he still jointly owned it and they were going to deal with all the possessions anyway as part of the financial settlement

The police should still be able to trace the cars, you never know until you get them involved. Advised by whom and does he have that in writing? How is your partner sorting out a fair financial settlement without legal advice? Is he aware it's normal to settle a solicitor's bill when the decree nisi or absolute (forget which) comes through and money is transferred, because it is recognised that cash can be tied up in property?

Seanymph

Well I'm about the fifth person who you will ignore saying 'tell the police'.

Coming on here to get people cross at here will get you nowhere.

Yes, it was not a nice thing for her to do, but then, she will no doubt argue he 'abandoned' them there.

Call the police, report her for theft. I take it he has the V5's in his possession and wasn't dim enough to leave them with his wife?