Cautionary tale - parent & son, car, and knowing the law

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www.msn.com/en-us/autos/news/california-man-charged-with-6-felonies-after-selling-sons-1967-chevrolet-camaro-ss/ar-AApn49m?li=BBnbfcL

For some families, fixing up a project car can be a bonding experience like no other. For others, it's a dark path toward estrangement and felony charges of forgery and grand theft, as a father in California is finding out the hard way this month, as reported by Bakersfield.com.

www.bakersfield.com/news/local-builder-charged-with-six-felonies-for-giving-away-camaro/article_ac5ee050-6d9f-11e7-b103-8fce068ec7bf.html

Jonathan Dovichi told investigators he still stored the car at his father's property after he became the sole owner. When he showed up at the property one day in 2015, the Camaro was gone.

He said he asked his father what had happened to the car.

His father responded, "That's a big boy's game, I sold it," Jonathan Dovichi told investigators.

Jonathan Dovichi said he never gave his father permission to to forge his name, obtain a duplicate title or transfer the car to anyone. He filed a complaint with the investigative arm of the DMV in August 2016.

Thoughts?

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It sounds like those two were feuding for a long time.

His attorney, David A. Torres, said Friday the allegations against his client stem in part from a bitter, ongoing lawsuit between the father and son in which the son, Jonathan Dovichi, is accused of "fraudulent actions involving the Camaro and various properties."

So, taking that into account it was a really bad move to just sell (or give away) the car.  I can't imagine that in a normal family dynamic that any of this would have ever gotten to this point.  Even if the Dad had the gall to sell the car without warning, most sons wouldn't press felony charges, especially if Dad really did have most of the money stuck in it.  They'd just be hurt/angry, but not at the police station filing charges. 

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I agree this seems to be a situation long in the making. Dad gives over the car in 2009 but the son is still keeping in Dad's garage in 2015. I think Dad was stupid and deserves to have some consequences happen because he felt he could do things illegally just because he had put so much money into the car. I wonder what steps he took to get his son to no longer store the car at his home and what other things were happening between them.