Legal Question in Credit and Debt Law in Minnesota

Is there anything i can do? I trusted a friend and put money in an account with only her name on it. Not just a little money. I entrusted her with 5,138 dollars.

At that moment in time i didn't want the check to be lost, stolen or just disappear. I did not have an account to deposit this check. The check was a federal tax refund check from my 2011 tax return. My dad has been trying to contact this so called friend of mine, hoping to speak with her in solving this issue. It appears that the money has just disappeared. This so called friend of mine just happens to be with the father of two of my kids. Affinity credit union took the check as a third party check, and then chose to inform me they a federal check can not be a third party deposit. The actual check was for 7,138. I took 2,000 out for personal and Christmas. Can i do anything? This money is/was my lifeline as im now without a penny? I understand that when i signed the check it became her property. But morally. Please help.


Asked on 2/25/14, 10:58 am

2 Answers from Attorneys
David Anderson Anderson Business Law LLC

You should have an Attorney contact her for repayment. If that doesn't produce results you will have to sue in Conciliation Court. Any texts or emails re: reason you let her deposit the check?

To counter argument she will make that it was a gift?

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Answered on 2/25/14, 11:07 am
Tricia Dwyer Tricia Dwyer Esq & Assoc PLLC

Based on your post, it appears you need to initiate legal action. I urge you to have legal counsel at this time due to the substantial sum of money involved and a complex fact pattern. Tricia Dwyer Esq at 612-296-9666, Tricia Dwyer Esq & Assoc PLLC, Minnesota Civil Suits Attorney, http://dwyerlawfirm.net

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Answered on 2/25/14, 12:58 pm


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