Can any Gransnetter offer some advice please? 18 months ago my DD was unknown to us in an abusive relationship with a seemingly charming and manipulative con-man. She worked hard in a full time job and he moved in with her and her daughter promising to help with the rent and bills etc. though in fact he never paid her a penny. In fact she funded everything including child maintenance to his ex wife! He was a “builder” and always appeared to have plenty of work in the offing so we thought they were ok financially as DD was too loyal, (or frightened), to let on. Feeling sympathetic to his lack of funds and foolishly believing it would help our DD and GD in the long run we “lent” him cash to buy a decent van to enable him to find more work. By the end of the year after the relationship ended badly we were fortunately able to retrieve the van and pass it on to our son’s fiancée who was in the process of starting her own landscape gardening business. DD’s ex signed over the van and we have the proof from Vehicle Licensing that it is now Dil’s property.
However, what we failed to remember was that the insurance policy was still in the Ex’s name. Now although the premiums were being paid by DD and she has tried to cancel the policy and retrieve excess premiums which are still being deducted from her bank account, the insurance company are proving very difficult and say they need to have the Ex’s say so to cancel the policy, (which of course he will never give even if DD could bring herself to speak to him again). They have been sent the proof that the van legally belongs to another person and the original policy is therefore null and void. How can we help our DD to solve this problem without expensive solicitors getting involved?
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