Legal Question in Family Law in Washington

Can a husband be guilty of forgery for submitting wife's forged signature to withdraw funds from wife's investment account? Wife had given husband authority to make trades in the same account, and had signed wire documents on several occasions to request wired funds into joint checking account. But husband then forged her signature to wire funds via fax over 25 times without her knowledge until the account was depleted.


Asked on 11/01/09, 11:52 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Amir John Showrai The Pacific Law Firm, PLLC

Yes, it is a crime to forge someone's signature. If this is asked in the context of a dissolution of marriage, be ready to have a handwriting expert come in and say that they are certain about the forgery, otherwise, it will wind up being he-said, she-said.

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Answered on 11/06/09, 2:24 pm


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