Can you take a gift back if it is really expensive and the person you gave it to is now your enemy and is messing with you and won't give it back. If they don't give it back can I sue/call the cops?
2007-06-05 04:19:31 · 16 answers · asked by Ryan 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
when did you give them this gift?? was it a holiday or a birthday present? If so then theres nothing you can do
2007-06-05 05:42:50 · answer #1 · answered by michelle 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually, since you asked a legal question the correct LEGAL answer is Yes, you can sue and Yes, you can call the cops.
In each of the above, the likely outcome is as follows:
1. You sue. You have no evidence of ownership. you lose.
2. You call the cops. You are asked how did the person come into possession of the item. You tell them it was a gift but you now want it back.
The cops tell you not to ever file a false report again and you're lucky if they don't file charges against you.
2007-06-05 04:28:24 · answer #2 · answered by hexeliebe 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
There is no prevailing law that requires a gift be returned. This is on reason why men should never give a woman a promise/engagement ring on a birthday, Christmas, or other holiday as a gift. If it is not given as a gift and only as a promise/engagement ring you can request that it be returned if the "contract" that it established is broken (i.e. break up or call off engagement). I learned this lesson the hard way.
2007-06-05 04:28:23 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, it was a gift. You can't take a gift back. The cops won't do anything and a judge will dismiss your case. Sorry, but you're just going to have to call that one a lose and choose better friends next time.
2007-06-05 04:27:46 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
A gift is a "gift" and should never be taken back.
Gift is defined as: something voluntarily transferred by one person to another without compensation
Without compensation is the part that keeps you from getting it back.
2007-06-05 04:29:13 · answer #5 · answered by gypsy g 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I do not think so. A gift is when you give something to someone, and you can ask for it back but the person is not legally obligated to give it back since when you gave it to them ownership was transferred from you to him/her.
2007-06-05 04:29:04 · answer #6 · answered by greencoke 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No you cant sue. It was a gift and now belongs to that person.
2007-06-05 06:09:44 · answer #7 · answered by mnwomen 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Be careful who you give gifts to. Once its given, its not yours any more. That's the definition of a gift. Unless it was given in anticipation of that person doing something which they then failed to do, there's nothing you can do.
2007-06-05 04:24:53 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
No. It was given as a gift. Even an engagement ring does not have to be returned if the marriage is called off.
2007-06-05 04:24:13 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
No. a gift is not something you should expect back no matter the circumstances.
2007-06-05 04:27:00 · answer #10 · answered by thunder2sys 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋