Legal Question in Criminal Law in Massachusetts

boyfriend cleaned out accounts
before my mother died last year she had joint accounts with her boyfriend, when she was diagnosed with terminal cancer her boyfriend and his son cleaned out the accounts without our knowledge, including accounts in another state, by the time we found out he had cleaned out over 300,000. she found out before she died thus stressing her out more with betrayal and making her death more agonizing, we the children were supposed to get the money as stated in her will, do we have any recourse. We have proff of him and his son taking the money and she was elderly, we thought he was a nice guy then this hapened and we are all in shock and horrified that he would do this to his so called soul mate. he has also stated to anyone that will listen that we got the money and he doesn't have it there is also family heirlooms that are missing. even if they are worth nothing it was our mothers and we can't get whats in the house they shared and he says that he gave us everything.

Asked on 11/09/07, 1:07 pm

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: boyfriend cleaned out accounts

Whether this is a crime depends not on the terms of the will, but on the terms of the bank account.

Your mother's wishes cannot easily over come a joint account where either parties have a right to the entire amount.

You raise other questions, and if you want to elaborate as to why the money could not be drawn, then let me know.

As to the personal items, I would believe they are covered by the will.

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Answered on 11/11/07, 1:39 pm

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