Legal Question in Criminal Law in Massachusetts

Forgery

We owned a duplex with my daughter and son in law. We had a falling out and sold out to them. Upon closing we discovered they had installed a furnance and there was a lean on the house. We had to pay off before we could close. Other times we had to all sign, because the mortgage was in all 4 names. We never did sign for this furnace...now i think they must have forged our signature. Can we go after them for forgery even though it has been 12 years since this happened?


Asked on 2/05/08, 11:38 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
George Davis Law Office of T. George Davis, Jr.

Re: Forgery

I don't see any reason why your daughter and son-in-law would have needed your signature to have a furnace installed, so I think you may be mistaken in your basic premise when you say "they must have forged our signature." In any event, I don't know of any way that you would be able to maintain a viable civil action against them after the passage of 12 years, and so I think you would be out of luck anyway, even if there had been a forgery.

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Answered on 2/05/08, 12:31 pm


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