Husband Fraud

[arizona2009]

Husband deposited fraudulent check into wife's account. Promises to make good have failed. Additional fraudulent check deposited into wife's and not daughters accounts. More promises - more results. Now wife and daughter being sued if payment arrangements aren't made. Husband hasn't worked for more than a year. If wife and/or daughter press changes - are they still liable for the husbands fraudulent activity? Please advise what should do. Thank you and Kind Regards!

 

[dee_dub]

They're not "liable for his fraudulent activity". His fraud, his guilt. But the husband's liability for his debt to the wife and daughter, and their liability for debts to other people, are two separate issues. If they owe money to third parties, and they haven't paid those third parties, they are liable for that.

 

[arizona2009]

Thank you!

Thank you for the response!
To recap > The husband committed the fraud against the wife and his daughter by depositing fraudulent checks.
Since the wife and daughter are the main 'account owners' on their accounts - if the funds were used to pay a third party - the 'account owners' would be responsible. Which makes sense to the point that the 3rd party only recources is based on the owner of the account payment was made from.
My follow up question would be... what recourse would the wife and daughter have?
Would pressing charges against the husband/father actually do anything for them?