Thursday, May 24, 2012

IS IT LEGAL FOR MY EX-WIFE TO CHANGE MY BANK ACCOUNT PASSWORD?

QUESTION: My wife or soon to be ex wife accessed my online bank account by answering my online security questions to reset the password without my consent; is this illegal?

MY RESPONSE: She may not have done that legally, but she had the power to do that, i.e., she did that. To the extent of funds in that account which were earned during the marriage prior to separation, those funds were community property. To the extent of funds in that account which were earned by you subsequent to separation, those funds were your separate property. You should close out that account and open up a new account (perhaps at a different bank) with a different password and different security questions, the answers to which she would not know. The divorce court might consider your wife's conduct similar to the conduct in Marriage of Nadkarni which resulted in Domestic Violence Restraining Orders against a party who had hacked into the other party's e-mail account.


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