Can a soon to be ex husband go into your joint account and withdraw money even though the wife used it more?!!?

My friend left her husband this past Friday. They got into huge argument and this one one of several they'd had recently, she packed up their 3 kids and left to go stay with her parents. Well she got her tax return back and it was deposited into her joint account she has with him, and although she used the account primarily for her job to do direct deposit, he never put any money into the account and didn't spend out of it, even though he would never take his name off the account. He has another account with another bank and uses that one for his job. Anyways, after she left, she was still getting settled into her parents house, when she decides to go and pick up some things form the store, she goes there and tries to use her debit card, it was declined. Later on, she found out that he had done withdrew all her money except 50 dollars . He took about 3 g's from her. Can he do this? This was her tax money that she received from her job, since she filed separate and he did too. They were separated at the time and both them filed separate, head of house hold because this time he moved out, then they reconciled, now this!|||Of course he can do this, and it's perfectly legal. His name was on the account. If it was a work account, why on earth would he have access to it? She's going to have to prove in court that it was indeed a work account, and that he had never used it before. She still may not get the funds back though. That's for a judge to decide. Tell her to get an attorney.|||Absolutely, he has legal rights to access any account that still has his name on it.





A judge may stipulate that he return half of it or more in a divorce settlement, but he has violated no laws.|||Absolutely, it was a joint account, he had every right to access it and withdraw money from it.|||yes, its in his name as well as in hers, so their marital status does not matter|||Yes.|||key word " joint " account so yes.|||Its a joint account, they both "own" it equally. At this point it comes down to who ever gets to the money first.|||yes.








if his name is on the account he has every right to take money out, or even close it if he feels like.