Legal Question in Civil Rights Law in Utah

forged signature on a boading school contract

My ex-wife forged my signature 15 times on a enrollment contract to place my son in a boarding school in Utah. She forged the signature in florida and her sister witnessed the signing. Then she faxed the paperwork to the school and flew to Utah to drop our son off at the school. The enrollment contract never had to be notorized. Her boyfriend took out a loan to pay the one year tuition of $50,000.00 so they were paid in advanace for the year. The contract stated that both parents signatures had to be on the contract for the child to be admitted. She instructed the school not to contact me and not to send me any mail. Even after they found out about the forgery, my son was not discharged from the school. Now I am being sued by my ex-wife for the tuition money. Incidentally, this school did nothing for my son, he is exactly the same way he was before he went to this school, if not worse.

My question's are:

They knew about the forgery, is there any legal action that I can take against this school seeing that they knew both parents did not actually sign their contract.

We are talking about $50,000.00 for one year, shouldn't there have been more proper procedures for enrollment into this schooll?


Asked on 1/25/06, 8:28 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Alvin Lundgren Alvin R. Lundgren, L.C.

Re: forged signature on a boading school contract

If you can prove the signatures are forgeries, you will not be liable for the debt. If the school knew that the signatures were forgeries, then they should have notified you. It is not clear what you hope to get from the school - you have to prove they caused damages. Not doing good for a student is not something you could sue them for, unless you can prove gross negligence on the school's part.

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Answered on 1/25/06, 11:34 am


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