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How do I prove that my computers were gifts?

• For the past 10 years or so, my dad has bought me a lot of computers as that is my hobby. Anyway, most of them were given to me, and have always been mine. Now, that I'm an adult (22) my dad and I no longer live together because we had a major falling out. As a result, he wants to do whatever he can to make me upset, and one of the things that he has alluded to was that he threatened to take me to civil court for all of my computers, and he said that in civil court, I'd have to prove 99%. I just would like to know if he could legally take my computers away from me, and how do I prove that they were gifts? Most of them were given to me for my birthday or Christmas. Their was only one computer that wasn't a gift, but I did pay it off. He got it for me in October of 2008, and I payed it off in August 2009. How do I prove that I payed him off? I mean, he told me in August 2009, that I payed it off 100% and that I no longer owed him. Also it should be noted that my dad sent me a note saying that all of my electronics were mine, and when he was in court with my mom because my parents are getting a divorce, my moms attorney asked him two questions, the first was, are you planning on suing your son for his computers? He answered no. The second thing she asked him was, do all of your sons computers belong to him? He answered yes. So under oath, he said that they are mine. So my question to all of you is, are my computers legally mine, and how can I prove they are mine if my dad decides to take me to court?

• Answer:

  Tell him to take you to court. The most he can get in civil claims court is like $5000 worth of stuff and I assume you have more than that. Just state that possession is 9 tenths of the law and that the courts will see that they were gifts to you along the years when a minor and in their custody. The judge will see right thru all of this and know that he was financially loving at one point and turned on you only you cannot retain gifts, and my guess is he doesn't have ANYTHING signed by you so no contract equals no deal buddy. You don't have to prove it was a gift, HE has to prove it's your debt or his stuff.