Legal Question in Family Law in Massachusetts
Camper
In our divorce agreement, my ex was to take over the camper, and have it changed into his name only which hen ever did. It has remained in both our names, and he recently has sold the camper without my knowledged and has signed my name without my knowledge. Is this legal?
1 Answer from Attorneys
Re: Camper
If you want to make an issue, his act of signing is forgery, and illegal. His failure to put the camper in his sole name also put your credit at risk while he held it as he did. However, so long as you have not been cost any money as a result of either act, this may not be something you need to push through the courts. He certainly had the right to sell the trailer, and to require you to sign over the title, so he may have saved you some hassle, assuming that selling the trailer resolved the risk that you would be liable for his debt.
This is one of those situations in which we are sometimes forced to consider the "no harm, no foul" principal effective. However, if it is part of a larger pattern, you may need to do something.