Question asked on April 8, 2021
Q: My wife refuses to make the car payment on the car she is supposed to receive in the end of the divorce. What trouble can I get in if I sell the car before the divorce is finalized?
A: Well, lots, starting with a contempt sanction. If she is supposed to be making the payments, and the existing order does not require her to do so, try to get such an order; if the order does require it and she is refusing, seek permission to sell the car. Do what you can to wear the white hat — it will go a long way toward the court giving you what you want.
Marshal S. Willick is the principal of the Willick Law Group, an A/V rated Family Law firm in Las Vegas, Nevada, and practices in trial and appellate Family Law. He is a Certified Family Law Specialist, a Fellow of both the American and International Academies of Matrimonial Lawyers, former Chair of the Nevada Bar Family Law Section and former President of the Nevada chapter of the AAML.
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