&^%@ you and your stupid question! LOLOLOL
Seriously.....he can do anything he wants. There may be consequences however. Civil liability means nothing if you have structured your assets so they are judgment proof (i.e. irrevocable trust fund) and don't give a damn.
Any contract requires a meeting of the minds. Oral contracts run up against the statute of frauds if they can't be performed in a year. Beyond that you need it in writing or its like it never existed legally. Holding someone to any contract if they want to blow you off requires litigation which means $$$$. A surprising number of people are unwilling to enter that arena and incur that expense to enforce their contract rights.....particularly when the other party is expected to protract the process, run up the expense and ultimately avoid enforcement of any eventual judgment anyway. All you see is time and money down the drain.
I often have to tell my clients lets not throw good money after bad. Sometimes its best to cut your losses. Litigating on principal is rarely as satisfying in the end as it appears up front....and its expensive.
So....Tom can do what he damn well pleases and its up to the rest of us (speaking hypothetically) to do something about it if we think we have the scratch, patience and the balls to get after it.
fwiw
jmho
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