Legal Question in Family Law in Illinois

I recently graduated from college and started to pay on my loans when I realized my payments were outrageously high. Upon further investigation through the university I discovered that my mother had taken over $20,000 dollars of my student loan refunds and used it for herself. She used an old savings account that I did not have access to where I went to school (4 hours away) and then transferred the money electronically into her accounts.

I have done research for the past month to find out which refund check I did receive into an account not tied with her. I have statements from both of my bank accounts (both at home and at school) that prove that the money never went in to my accounts. I also have pages of documents from my university of the missing money, the name the checks were made out to, and when they were deposited.

I am meeting with my mother to discuss what I have found. After trying to get her help �find who took my money� and trying to get her to admit that she took the money I have hit a dead end.

I need to know where I stand, from a legal standpoint, with this issue.


Asked on 7/24/12, 1:21 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Jonathan Shimberg Shimberg and Crohn, P.C.

This is not a family law question. You are over 18, as is your mother. You may have a basis for a law suit against her, but not based upon any area of family law.

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Answered on 7/24/12, 5:05 am


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