My friends daughter was left £109000 by her grandmother, which was put in trust untill she was 21. Her father got in touch on her 21st birthday and started to threaten them with violence if they did not give him the money. The police were not in the least bit helpfull and my friend got so scared for her and her daughters safety that she signed the money over to him. As the daughter was 21 at this time, and legally intitled to the money, she did not know the money was gone untill she went to the solicitor to sign the money into her account, is there anything she can do to get her money back.
2007-10-24 01:35:21 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
part deux.......it was my friend that signed the money away as my post states, i only found out about it this morning.
2007-10-24 01:44:17 · update #1
For those that say there is someting fishy about this situation, i agree 100%, but am unsure if i know all the facts as my friend can tell a tall tail. I am afraid to get involved as i am not sure my intervention will be welcomed. All i know is the money was there for the daughter and now its not. And my post is the story i was told. Its all very nasty.
2007-10-24 01:49:35 · update #2
The best way too handle this in my opinion is too hire a lawyer on a percentage which will give him the go ahead to retrieve the money the mother had no right or reason to give the money away and could be responsable too
2007-10-24 01:42:19 · answer #1 · answered by joe.the_cowboy 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If the money was in trust until the girl was 21, then it was quite wrong of your friend not to hand it over the moment she reached that age. Your friend should not have been in the position of having access to the money in the first place as of the 21st birthday -- it should have been out of her hands. What was the solicitor playing at? Was your friend the sole trustee or were there others? The daughter must take legal advice, but her mother -- on the face of it -- would be the person liable for breach of trust.
2007-10-24 10:52:36 · answer #2 · answered by Doethineb 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes the mother gave away the money after the girl turned 21 which means that it was an illegal transaction to begin with. I would suggest she go see a lawyer right away! realllllllly soon because her father could spend the money and then she would have to wait until he made that kind of money.
2007-10-24 08:40:31 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I can't believe you didn't call the authorities to begin with. You signed the money away - that's a legally binding contract. Now, if he did honestly threaten you with violence and you have evidence, that maybe could be supported - but I don't know about getting all of your money back...
2007-10-24 08:39:05 · answer #4 · answered by part deux 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I cannot understand the police not being interested! This was clearly a case of threatening behaviour to say the least.
Have you been back to the police to explain what's happened?
Something doesn't sound right here!
2007-10-24 08:39:52 · answer #5 · answered by jet-set 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
if she was 21 at the time, her mother hd to have power of atty to sign that money out. Tell her to contact a lawyer.
2007-10-24 08:39:12 · answer #6 · answered by dr_quatto 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Extortion...Bribery...Threatening Behaviour...and the police were not in the least bit helpful? Something stinks with this tale!
2007-10-24 08:39:20 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Yes, tell her to get legal council to get her money back.
2007-10-24 08:39:06 · answer #8 · answered by Hirise bill 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Go to a lawyer.
2007-10-24 08:38:47 · answer #9 · answered by angel 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Find her father and have him beaten and killed.
2007-10-24 08:39:01 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋