Legal Question in Family Law in California

rights involvin utility name transfer in house lived in by petitioner

I have just been served with divorce papers, and immediatly moved out. My wife is staying in the house. She works. Can I have the utility bills taken out of my name, since I cannot afford to pay both hers and mine at my new address? Immediatly before having me served, she fraudulently stole a check written to me when I had to cash in part of my life insurance policy. Then she signed credit card checks (ones that come in the mail) that were in my name, in the sum of $23,000. Both the credit card companies and Prudential life have frozen her account until she repays the money.


Asked on 7/31/05, 5:32 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Lyle Johnson Bedi and Johnson Attorneys at Law

Re: rights involvin utility name transfer in house lived in by petitioner

Unless there is a court order prohibiting it you should be able to change the name on the utilities. Be sure that you tell the utility company that you only want the name on the bill changed. That you are getting a divorce and have move out but you wife still lives there. Most utility companies will not turn off the utilities under these circumstances.

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Answered on 8/02/05, 12:59 am


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