screwedover
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I have been divorced for 2 years, seperated for 4.
About $20K disappeared in the year between the time I stated I wanted a divorce and the time we filed.
I found out my ex had established 3 joint accounts for our children with her as the custodian, that I didn't know about. Through a banking quirk I was able to establish that one had about $6000 at the time the ex moved out, and was drained 6 months later. I figure the other 2 accounts had similar amounts.
At the time my lawyer advised that she had almost certainly blown the money, so I could spend thousands in fees and get nothing back.
Now she may be coming into some money.
What are my chances of recovering anything?
How do I go about it?
Can I subpeona the bank records?
Will there be any repercussions for her for hiding these assets?
Thanks for any help.
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MinnesotaMom
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Unless you are a forensic accountant, it will cost you more to recover the money than what's in the accounts.
Time to move on.
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Renny
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If there was fraud and you relied on misrepresentations like a false financial affidavit for the divorce, you can file a motion to set aside the agreement and easily get third party discovery from the banks involved. No fancy accounting needed. Just ask the banks for all records, statements, etc for accounts by name, number, tax ID or whatever you have. Often a second request is needed once you figure out how the money was moved around.
But beware that 20k is what you will spend in legal fees to find out where the money went and there may be nothing left. So on balance you might be better off forgetting about the 20k.
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