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Expert: Equality in Marriage Institute - 12/5/2005
Question In Texas (Dallas), if a husband discovers that his wife has been 'stealing' funds from bank accounts to support her adult child, what kind of recourse does he have? Is the paper trail evidence enough proof? What do you think he needs to do?
** I'm posting this for a friend so, I don't have all the details but, that's pretty much it.
Thanks for any advice you may have. Tom
Answer Dear Tom,
While that's not nice for her to do and I'm sure he has spoken to her about it, he may not be able to do anything about it with out breaking up their marriage. Obviously she felt he would disapprove so she "stole it". She could pay him back in some way to return the funds but it doesn't do anything for their trust in one another.
Should he decide to press charges he would be best served by speaking with a lawyer about how to go about it. There's more going on here that needs to be addressed in the marriage that's just, or more important than money.
I am not a legal expert so I can't say if she can go to jail for it but I can say they would be well served to discuss why she feels she couldn't ask for it, why she gave $$ to her adult child?
