My boyfriend has been divorced for one year, legally seperated for two. Since the divorce, my boyfriend occasionally recieves bills (a hospital bill, a credit card bill, ect) for accounts he did not create, from his exwife's city and state. His exwife is a heavy drug user and has forged his name many times during the seperation. Today my boyfriend recieved a letter from a collections agency, once again from the ex's city and state, for what appears to be an electric bill.
What should we do? Can he press charges?
2007-12-22 10:26:08 · 16 answers · asked by Amber L 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
David: We have contact the co. that the bills are coming from, and recieved the usual "we'll take care of it". I obviously asked the question because I'm NOT sure what to do next and what route we should take.
2007-12-22 10:35:29 · update #1
Definitely. And have that little witch arrested for fraud. Send a copy of the divorce decree to every company that sends you bills, including the collection agencies. If they don't have your signature on any documents and you have never lived at the addresses or been to the stores you are getting the bills from, they can't make you pay, but you have to FIGHT this. It won't just go away without a lot of effort on your part.
2007-12-22 10:37:26 · answer #1 · answered by kathi1vee 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
He can have her charged for theft but he will find it difficult to do in another state. He can only send the creditors a copy of the divorce decree showing that they were divorced prior to the incursion of the debt and he is not responsible. Then maybe he should change his name or start using his full first name and middle name on anything he signs so it is easy to show that he is not the signer on stuff that she forges.
2007-12-22 18:32:12 · answer #2 · answered by Pal 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Of course he can press charges. And he should, or else he will be responsible for the bills.
2007-12-22 18:30:02 · answer #3 · answered by ladyscootr 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely. It's identity theft.
Call the police.
2007-12-22 18:29:41 · answer #4 · answered by Taryn 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Call his ex and tell her to leave you the hell alone! Yes, Im pretty sure you can press charges. Get more evidence. Sue that *****.
2007-12-22 18:29:41 · answer #5 · answered by :) erinn. 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
He needs to go to the state his ex wife lives and talk to the District Attorney.
She has basically stole his identy to get what she wants.
2007-12-22 18:29:42 · answer #6 · answered by ♥♥The Queen Has Spoken♥♥ 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
#1) get a lawyer
#2) fax/present to banks and whatnots a copy of the divorce decree and say "I am not with her anymore"
#3) have your lawyer call up the credit services and threaten them with violence and pain if they don't remove her garbage from his credit
2007-12-22 18:29:14 · answer #7 · answered by Larry B 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Uh, yeah he can press charges! That's identity theft!
2007-12-22 18:38:38 · answer #8 · answered by That's not my name 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
um yeah thats called forgery ( writing other persons signatures) and identity theft just go to the police.
2007-12-22 18:29:46 · answer #9 · answered by gingy1023 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
LAWYER
Call lawyers in the phone book... alot answer and advise for free over the phone!
2007-12-22 18:30:22 · answer #10 · answered by petey 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋