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  • 12-19-2007, 11:11 PM
    id_dth
    Husband Forged Wife's Personal Checks
    I have a friend in Idaho that was being held by immigration and her husband decided to fleece her private checking account and then divorce her. He did this by forging checks made payable to him and forging her signature, to the total tune of about $7000. This happened Aug 2006. From what I have read on this forum, the first thing she needs to do is file a police report reporting the crime. Then she can either wait for the attorney general to prosecute or take the case to small claims court, where she would be limited to recovering $4000 in Idaho.

    Is this summary correct or doe she need to do something else? Appreciate any help. Her english is limited and I am just trying to help. Her ex is a pastor if you can believe.
  • 12-21-2007, 06:33 PM
    Mr. Knowitall
    Re: Husband Forged Wife's Personal Checks
    Why not seek to recover the money through the divorce action?
  • 12-21-2007, 06:43 PM
    id_dth
    Re: Husband Forged Wife's Personal Checks
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    Quoting Mr. Knowitall
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    Why not seek to recover the money through the divorce action?

    Evidently her divorce attorney failed to file anything within 20 days in response to the divorce complaint and a default judgement was made to the husband with no mention of property (virtually none anyway) or debt (huge). Just found out today that the ex-husband declared bankruptcy one month ago, not sure how that plays into things now.

    He also added his name to her credit card app, unknown to her, and helped himself to $17K of credit. I think the ex-husband thought she was going to be deported and so fleeced her accounts.
  • 12-21-2007, 07:12 PM
    Mr. Knowitall
    Re: Husband Forged Wife's Personal Checks
    So she's still sitting on her hands, not seeking any relief from the divorce judgment, and not filing a police report? It's time for her to get some help from her lawyer, and take some action.
  • 12-25-2007, 10:55 PM
    id_dth
    Re: Husband Forged Wife's Personal Checks
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    Quoting Mr. Knowitall
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    So she's still sitting on her hands, not seeking any relief from the divorce judgment, and not filing a police report? It's time for her to get some help from her lawyer, and take some action.

    She is sitting on her hands, wondering why the attorney she paid failed to provide any level of service in her divorce case. How exactly does she get help from her lawyer that bungled the divorce case so badly and now wants more money to do anything else?

    I am guessing the answer is get another attorney, which of course requires more money she does not have. She, nor I, are all that familiar with what should or can be done. A worthless attorney just muddles things further. Regarding that, it looks like her options are to sue her attorney for malpractice, which of course involves paying another attorney, or filing a grievance with the ID bar and allowing any private sanctions be dolled out, not helping her at all.

    I don't understand her failure to file a police report either, she seems to want to get reimbursed without "getting him in criminal trouble".

    Anyway, looking for advice on what she could/should be doing. I'm trying to convince her to start with a police report of the theft.
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