How do I access husband’s bank accounts when he refuses to put them into my name?
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How do I access husband’s bank accounts when he refuses to put them into my name?
A friend has come to me for advice and I don’t know what to tell her. She and her husband live in UT and have been married for decades. He refuses to put their bank accounts in both of their names, and he decides how much money he gives to her every week. She has confronted him on this and asked for him to put their accounts in both of their names. What are her options? Must she hire a lawyer when she doesn’t have access to money?
Asked on May 27, 2018 under Family Law, Alaska
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 6 years ago | Contributor
There is no way to get access to his accounts without divorcing him and having the court award your friend support and a share of his assets. The law does not interfere in a couple's internal domestic or financial arrangements until and unless they divorce. So unless your friend is willing to go to that step, the law cannot help her.
As a non-legal suggestion: she may wish to consider getting her own job (if she does not have one) and put her pay into an account in her name only. Or if she has a job already, stop putting the money into accounts he controls but again open up an account in her name only. She should have her own source of funds outside of his control, and has a legal right to work and have her own money.
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