Hi, listers;
All that nasty talk about Miata's has come back to haunt me. Received a call
from an attorney yesterday to notify me that I owed $1798 on a lease for a
Miata! :-(
My ex "won" the rights to that vehicle in our divorce while at the same time
she was attempting to have my GT6+ sold and the funds divided, even though I
had given her $3500 (the value of the GT6+) in cash as an appeasement when I
bought the car. Turns out she defaulted on the payment of the excess mileage
penalty. She let it ride until the collectors came calling and since my name
was on the lease gave them my phone number. According to the wording of the
divorce decree she was to have free and clear of any claim of the the
plaintiff;
"1994 Mazda Miata automobile, subject to the lease thereon, which she shall
pay and hold the plaintiff (LBC owner) harmless therefrom. Plaintiff shall
forthwith execute all documents necessary to transfer his interest in the
automobile to the defendant."
Sorry this has very little LBC content but I know there are several of you
listers with divorce horror stories and I thought I'd throw this one out for
advice.
Of course the court order holds no water with the bank and they are out for my
blood. I plan to charge her with contempt of the court order and see if I can
sue for damages. Of course there is always the "terminate with extreme
prejudice approach".
That's what I get for getting involved with a woman who would drive a Miata
with an automatic! Never again........LBC's til death do us part!
Greg Wolf
1970 GT6+ "Ian"
Ann Arbor, Michigan
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