Legally where do I stand?

Well lets face it the horse wasn't yours in the first place, as a lot people do say to the younger offspring in their family.He/she is yours,but keep the horse in their ownership,mainly because they want their younger siblings to work/show/jump their horse. Have a friend who's told her niece that the mare she's bought is her nieces, but what she really means is while the niece wants to ride and look after her, not to sell on.
 
Do you actually want the horse back? Would it break your heart if it were just sold on or are you just a bit miffed that it's a gift that's been taken away from you? Sorry if that sounds a bit blunt but it's not really coming over that you want to fight hard to get it back.
 
Legally a gift is a gift. The problem is proving that it was a gift. However it sounds to me as though the FM is not denying it was a gift so I think you are jumping the gun. Why not try to resolve things with the FM? Or at least ask whether you can collect the horse. Sounds as though you haven't done that and that would be the easiest solution.
 
My husband "gifted" me £400 towards my stallion 6 years ago. I never got a contract as i never expected my ***** of a husband to have an affair and run off with someone else but hey ho. I cant prove the gift but he can prove the payment so i now owe him £400. Life sucks but the money will be paid and ill move on from it. Sorry but it sound like you just need to move on from it too.
 
Who has been paying for the horses food ,
Who has even paying for the horses shoes/ foot care
Who mucks out the horse
Who grooms it
Who generally cares for it
Looks after the up keep of the grass it eats
And the fences that keeps it in the field
Who pays for its vacs and dental care
Who checks it everyday
I fail to see what your loss is if they keep the horse.
Poor poor horse.
 
If you had been caring for the horse daily for years riding it training it putting every second of your spare time into it my heart would have gone out to you.
but it seems you are using it as another pawn in a silly family row some one else has been meeting this horses costs for 'years 'you better hope they don't try to recover the costs from you.
 
Goldenstar said:
Who has been paying for the horses food ,
Who has even paying for the horses shoes/ foot care
Who mucks out the horse
Who grooms it
Who generally cares for it
Looks after the up keep of the grass it eats
And the fences that keeps it in the field
Who pays for its vacs and dental care
Who checks it everyday
I fail to see what your loss is if they keep the horse.
Poor poor horse.
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All that can be ignored as the issue is - was the horse given as a gift? -if the OP was told - this is your horse now - then that is a gift

I could gift a car to my daughter and then pay for everything including fuel but the car would still be hers and not mine
 
ROG said:
All that can be ignored as the issue is - was the horse given as a gift? -if the OP was told - this is your horse now - then that is a gift

I could gift a car to my daughter and then pay for everything including fuel but the car would still be hers and not mine
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I agree with you I just an completly disinterested by it ,as I say I fail to see her loss.
Op should simply get a solicitor to write to the other party ( running up a nice bill ) , it may be difficult to prove a gift when someone else has been paying for the horse for years but the solicitors will have fun.
Then depending how the cookie crumbles she will have a horse several years older that was to dispose of in the current market or all the costs of keeping a horse to meet the solicitors however will be very happy.
As I said poor poor horse.
 
Reading between the lines, as both OP and their sibling were bought gift of similar value at similar time, I think that the FM could well be a parent of FM. Sounds like they bought horse as present for OP and paid insurance and took over the care when OP lost interest. There has since been a falling out and FM is trying to make the OP take responsibility for the horse.

OP has now come on a forum and asked about legal position regarding what if not a parent is obviously a longstanding generous family friend ! To be honest my sympathy is well and truly with FM, OP is coming across as a totally spoilt brat !
 
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