Legal Question

[maximus9]

Ill try and make the story short if possible.

MY sister in law lives with her boyfriend/common law husband and they have two kids. Sister in law just received 25k in the death of a dear aunt... Sister in law and bf have a joint account. Sister in law put money in bank to save for the kids and boyfriend decided to take it all out, changed accounts and redeposited the money excluding her name, bought a truck and had title put in his name, a computer and is now saying he wants out of the relationship and basicly leaving the "nest egg" for the kids at 0....

So he stole her and kids inheritance and is bailing. There has to be some recourse. Someone please help me out.

What, if anything , can be done legally? Want to kill the guy but anything illegal is now out of my bag of tricks. HELP!

:nono:

 

[THE KOD]

Wow did she ever leave herself open in this one.

First of all having the two kids with him and not marrying him.

Since it was a joint bank account it may be tough to get him for anything criminal. He really showed his true colors.

She needs legal counsil and laws may vary in whatever state your in.

I am not a lawyer but I was nominated for a Supreme Court position one time. There are some good ones in madjacks to advise you. Note stay away from Eddie Haskell ! ....

How about this. He leaves with his new truck and his computer. She gets a lawyer and sues him for child support of his two kids.
Common law should be enough to force him to meet his obligations there.

When she goes to court take all the paperwork from the bank that shows what he did as he basically stole the inheritance money and money for the kids.

When he appears before a judge under these circumstances he will pay for that new truck and computer dearly.

Life sucks sometimes. This makes me sad for her and the kids so early in the AM.

Best of luck.

KOD

 

[SixFive]

boy that guy sounds like a class act. Maybe he'll have enough left to buy a few 45s.

 

[Penguinfan]

As much as it pains me to say it, KOD has some pretty good advice on this one.

Penguinfan

 

[BetBHB.com]

People like this make me sick. I'm really sorry to hear about this maximus9. It's always harder on the heart when there are kids involved. I don't know much about common-law and their situation but if she tries hard enough she can probably get something back out of him for doing this. And, she can do it legal way, by getting a lawyer, there's a way to get him back or be able to take back something he has taken.
Best luck to her.
Justin
-BHB

 

[maximus9]

its a fu**ed up situation. Basicly they were married for 5 years and then divorced 11/2 yrs ago. After nine months they got back together and were living together with the kids... Basicly this fat , sloppy piece of shit guy waited till they got inheritance money, spent it and told her to leave, the house is in his name....The really bad thing is from their previous divorce he legally has full custody of the kids as she had to leave their small town and move an hour away for work. So she has visitation rights...but basicly shes a sweetie and the kids, ages 5 and 7, want to live with their mom but the guy is being a prick...

 

[taoist]

...find and talk to a local attorney, as questions of law in the domestic arena are decided based on state laws and they vary from state to state.

...sorry to hear of the situation.

 

[maximus9]

bump

 

[MadJack]

i'm not a lawyer but i don't think she has a shot in hell of recovering any of that money. it was his too, legally.

my ex, according to my lawyer, could have walked off with everything and there wouldn't have been anything i could have done. fight in court, fight in court, fight in court until it's ALL gone anyway.

a friend of mine came home one day (this was about 15 years ago) and EVERYTHING was gone except for his TV and he later found out that she maxed out all the credit cards with cash advances. he had to sell his house to pay all the debt and there was nothing he could do to her except try to fight it in court.

f'it. she lost and should chalk it up as a lesson learned.

just my opinion.

she can still get half the assets that are left, including the house. she's entitled to HALF, as far as I know. that's half of the assets they accumulated when they WERE TOGETHER, married or not.

that's how it works in maryland anyway.

 

[maximus9]

just found out Missouri is not a common law state. But since they were married before?? I told her to get a lawyer, at least a free consoltation. Thanks for the replies.