Legal Question in Criminal Law in Florida

Re: fraud/forgery

You can go the sheriff's office for the county where she forged the document and file a complaint. They should investigate it and then decide if there is enough evidence to arrest her or forward the results to the state attorney's office for them to decide if there is enough evidence to prosecute her. You may have a statute of limitations problem if no action was taken when he first learned of the problem.

Re: fraud/forgery

Hi:

If you have legitimate proof that this is a forgery, I would file the a complaint with the local police department, and let them advise you if this is something that the State attorney would want to prosecute.

Also you should speak with an attorney regarding a civil suit for your son's share of the property.

Good Luck

Re: fraud/forgery

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Yes, you can go to the state attorney's office or the police/sheriff in the county in which the alleged incident occurred although there may be a statute of limitations issue. You may not meet with great success, however, as I have found that local law enforcement agencies prefer not to get involved in crimes of this nature. In my experience, they will claim that this is a civil matter and tell you to file a civil claim.

Please bear in mind that there is generally a four year statute of limitations on most civil matters. I would speak with a Florida attorney immediately to see if there is any possibility to still file a claim. Regardless, you can probably file a suit to quiet title alleging that the quit claim deed was not executed by you and therefore is invalid.

Scott R. Jay, Esq.