What to Do If You Find Out that Your Spouse Hid Money From You During Your Divorce

SecretiveMany divorces are downright nasty, especially if a lot of money is on the line. A high-earning spouse isn’t exactly happy to hand over his assets to his soon-to-be ex, especially if they live in a Community Property State that requires couples to equally split their marital estate.

Hiding assets during a divorce is more common than you might think, and we’ve written a few articles here at WIFE about how to

Hiding assets during a divorce is more common than you might think, and we’ve written a few articles here at WIFE about how to find out if your spouse is hiding assets. What happens if you discover that your ex hid assets after your divorce is complete? Can you still make your ex pay up?

Try to Find Hidden Assets During the Divorce Process

It will be much easier to search for hidden assets during the divorce process itself rather than going back after the fact to try to recoup what you deserve. If you even suspect the possibility that your spouse could be hiding assets during your divorce, then start searching.

It might be a good idea to hire a private investigator and/or a forensic accountant to look for anomalies in your spouse’s declarations and financial paperwork. Your divorce attorney can also petition the court to compel your spouse to hand over documents, such as retirement statements and pay stubs.

What to Do If You Discover Hidden Assets After a Divorce

Of course, you can’t always catch your spouse in the act of hiding assets. Sometimes the truth only comes out later. Maybe a mutual friend mentions a second home your ex owns that you never knew about, or you find out your ex-spouse was making a much higher salary than he claimed. In an article for MarketWatch, writer Quentin Fottrell mentions the story of a California woman who won $1.3 million in the lottery in 1996.

She filed for divorce 11 days later and conveniently forgot to mention the huge windfall to her spouse! Unsurprisingly, her ex-spouse found out about it two years later, and he wasn’t happy about it. The judge wasn’t either, and awarded the entire sum to the spouse.

If you discover that your spouse hid assets during your divorce, your legal options may depend on which state you live in. If you live in a Community Property State (Arizona, California, Idaho, Louisiana, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, Washington, Wisconsin, and possibly Alaska) you can file a motion with the court where your divorce was finalized to reopen the case. Since you were entitled to half of your spouse’s community property at the time of your divorce, you may be able to amend your divorce agreement to take into account the newly discovered assets or income.

It is more difficult to reopen a divorce case if you did not divorce in a Community Property State, but that doesn’t mean you are out of options. You can always sue your spouse for monetary damages in civil court.

Will Your Spouse Be Punished for Hiding Assets?

Judges have a lot of leeway when it comes to determining a punishment for spouses who hide assets. It may be that if you can compellingly prove that your spouse hid assets, the judge will simply order your spouse to give your half of the value of those assets to you. This is what you would have gotten if the assets had been known during the time of the divorce. Of course, some judges like to add a little sting to their rulings against shady spouses.

A judge can make your spouse hand over the entire value of the hidden assets to you as a punishment, such as what happened in the case of the woman who hid her lottery winnings from her spouse. If she had been upfront about her windfall, she would have only had to hand over half of it to her spouse. (One more reason why you should never, ever try to hide assets from your spouse during a divorce!)

In the most serious cases, a spouse can even be arrested for hiding assets, though this is usually a last-resort scenario when an ex-spouse still refuses to pay up even after it’s been proven that he hid assets.

If you can, try to find evidence of hidden assets during your divorce, but even if you find out that your ex lied to you years after the fact, you can still go after the money you are owed. Don’t let your ex keep money that you are entitled to!

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126 thoughts on “What to Do If You Find Out that Your Spouse Hid Money From You During Your Divorce”

  1. Almost at the end and my lawyer hasn’t helped at all. I live out of state that my husband filed in. He makes over 150,000 a year. I never saw any anything money related. All the homes were in his name, even the one my grandfather paid in full. We have 2 boys one under 18. I have 50,000 in student loans. When I try to finish school, he forbid me to go. The state of Indiana states I will only receive $1200 a month for child support and nothing for alimony. His pension says he only has $200,000. He spent the 401(k) cashing it out over 5 years. He has been working for his employer for 16 years. I have sent life insurance policies, paychecks, other pensions. Everything has been ignored. Nothing has been brought up about my student loan. I have an MS and I don’t know how long I’ll be able to be in the workforce. I just got a job making minimum wage. If I was able to finish school, I would have been able to make it much more. The final hearing is next month, and I’m scared for my sons and myself. What can I do? I’ve run out of money and have no way of getting another lawyer can I prove he’s been hiding money on my own?

    1. I’m so sorry that all of this happened to you, and that you haven’t gotten the results you expected from your attorney. Unfortunately, the laws of most states are set up to deal with what assets and debts exist at the time of divorce, not to rectify things that happened during the marriage. And if your state limits support, there is nothing that your attorney can do about that or other injustices during the marriage. So if Indiana doesn’t provide for alimony, you won’t get any, regardless of the circumstances, whether you are able to work, whether you could be making more if you had finished your education.

      As for him hiding money, be as specific as you can with your attorney when you discuss it — what funds you believe they are (from wages, withdrawals from pensions, etc) and assemble as much specific proof as you have (withdrawals from bank accounts near the time of separation that can’t be traced to other known accounts, Large withdrawals from retirement accounts that weren’t deposited to known accounts, etc). If you can’t be specific about exactly what funds have disappeared, there is no way that you or anyone else could address this issue is court, since a judge rules on the basis of facts, not suspicions.

  2. I’m in the middle of a divorce. My ex started a business while we were married, since he filed for divorce he is refusing to pay spousal support and tells the court he doesn’t have the income. Since he filed, he has switched ownership of his vehicles(transportation company) to his mistress name. He claims he works for her now and makes less than 30k a year. I also found out he is getting partial cash payments. before he filed for divorce, the last year we filed together he made close to 200k. How can I get the Court to get him to turn over his assets?

    1. You don’t say what state you are in. But in general, the assets that exist when you file for divorce are marital, so they are part of the martial estate to be divided no matter what he did with them after he filed. And in some states, there are restraining orders against disposing of marital assets, so a judge might frown on his behavior in trying to hide assets with his girlfriend. Talk to your attorney about this, and about the possibility of joining her into your divorce since she is holding marital assets (if that’s appropriate under the laws of your estate).
      As for support, you may want to have him evaluated to determine his earning power and ask the court to base support on that. If he is no longer in business, he’s working for someone else for a sub-standard amount, it would be appropriate for him to go out and get a better-paying job. But follow your attorney’s advice for how best to proceed. You want to do what is practical, not what extracts the most revenge. It’s very expensive to seek revenge in divorce, and can backfire if the courts see you as vindictive.

  3. I was divorced in January 2022 in Mississippi. Since the divorce I discovered my ex-husband has a Pension Plan and an annuity with his employer which he didn’t disclose during the proceedings. Also, he failed to submit an updated 8.05 Financial Statement, but I was required to submit one. Without his financial statement I was not able to determine if he was omitting or hiding any assets. Also, I found out he signed my name on a Deed of Trust and a Title Affidavit to refiance the marital home and received monetary funds during our marriage. My lawyer was aware of this but failed to address this issue. Also, my ex withdrew approximately $40,000 from his retirement fund which was not addressed. Yet, he was awarded the marital home in exchange for my state retirement. Is this considered fraud? Can my divorce case be reopened?

    1. I do not know whether this is fraud, but given that this is a divorce matter and not a criminal or civil legal matter, I don’t think that’s your issue. It sounds like there were assets that were undisclosed or overlooked in your divorce proceedings, and not dealt with in the final divorce settlement. Talk to an attorney about the possibility of opening up the divorce case to deal with those overlooked and undisclosed assets. But be aware that likely will not deal with all of the issues you bring up, such as what he did/didn’t do during the marriage, and what your attorney was aware of and did/didn’t do. At this point, so long after the divorce, there are likely limited issues you can bring up, but I’m guessing overlooked assets would be one of them.

  4. Hi. So I got a divorce back in 2001. After 30 years driving for UPS my ex husband retired last year. I have a QDRO that says I get half of his retirement which I am getting. But the problem is I don’t think I’m getting the correct amount. I get $723 a month which means his retirement from 30 yrs at UPS is only $1,500 a month. There is no way he would retire on that. He also mentioned to our daughter that what I got he didn’t care because thats the small account or thats just pennies. Back in 2001 his teamsters attorney did not give me a QDRO and it took me 2 years after our divorce to finally win with the Wa Bar Association and he had to write one up and file it for me. Plus he couldn’t practice law for 6 months.
    My question is during the 2 years that the bar association decided my case and I finally got a QDRO could my ex husband take money from his 401 k and put it somewhere else and not tell me about it? Because he had 2 years after our divorce to do this. Like I said it took me 2 years after our divorce to get my QDRO. Because $1500 a month retirement from UPS after 30 years just does not sound right and at the time of our divorce I believed my half would be around $2500 a month. So I was surprised when I only got $723 a month. I believe his attorney and him moved money in those 2 years it took me to get my QDRO. Is this legal to do and how do I find out if they did? Thank you

    1. You are right, $1500/a month retirement after 30 years doesn’t sound right. But that doesn’t necessarily mean you aren’t getting the right amount. In many, maybe most, states, when you are awarded half of the retirement, that’s half of the marital interest in the retirement that has been earned so far, not the portion that will be earned in the future. So if he was 10 years under the pension when you separated and divorced, and he worked under the pension for 30 years, then you’d be entitled to 50% of 10/30 of the pension, which is 17%, and he’d get the rest. That explains his remark to your daughter. As to whether he could have withdrawn money from his pension, probably not since most pensions don’t let you withdraw funds. But he could have withdrawn funds from his 401(k) if the plan administrator wasn’t on notice that there was a divorce pending and that they weren’t to make any distributions to the employee spouse. Generally you or your attorney would have served the administrator with that notice, but I don’t know if that happened in your case. You don’t mention whether you were awarded part of his 401(k) and whether you have received that.

  5. I divorced in 1997 in texas. His income mysteriously went from 70k to 35k between the filing and divorce which was inly a few months. I was naive and focused on getting out of an abusive situation with my three children. Is there any action i can take so many years later?

    1. It sounds as though you likely were awarded less support back then than you would have gotten if his income hadn’t dropped. Support for the future is modifiable in many states, but if you are no longer getting support then there is nothing to modify. So unless you have documentation to show that he was definitely making more money back then than he showed available for support, it isn’t likely that you can go back and ask that back support be modified. But talk to someone who knows the Texas law on these issues to be sure.

  6. My divorce was finalized in 2018. Found paperwork regarding his pension that was not included in our decree. What are my options?

      1. Question – I’m going through a divorce right now. I owned my home prior to the marriage and my ex wants half of the equity in my home. The issue is, I entered into the partnership thinking we were on level ground bc he told me he owned the home his parents live in. And now I find out he lied to me, he does NOT own that home so I cannot go after the equity in that home. If I can prove he lied to me about home ownership will the judge side in my favor with my equity?

        1. It all depends on the laws of your state. In some states, if you owned the home before marriage, some if not all of the equity in the home is your separate property, unless you put your spouse’s name on it, in which case less would be your separate property. In other states, the marital home equity can be divided, no matter who brought it into the marriage. As for whether he did or didn’t lie about what he owned coming into the marriage, I’d be surprised if that had an impact on your home equity, unless you have a legal agreement of some sort that links them. But you should definitely talk to an attorney about all of this.

      2. Julie Fennessey

        I was divorced almost 4 years ago in Ohio. At the time of our divorce my ex husband and I were living fairly equally. We were married for 29 years and he was the breadwinner. In our divorce decree it states that I receive half of every bonus he earns for 11 1/2 years. I highly suspect he’s getting multiple a year but I’m only aware of a yearly bonus. He lives in a $700,000 house with his new wife. I live with our son very modestly. I do not want a bigger house or more expensive things, just deserve what is fair. Throughout our 29 year marriage he had 12 different jobs and I only worked part time. I was raising 4 children. How do I find out if he’s receiving more than the yearly bonus that he tells me or if in fact he’s gotten more? I cannot prove, but I’m sure he hid money when divorced. I just want to know what my options are. He financially abused me for years and I know he thinks I wouldn’t ever challenge what he tells me. Thank you for your advice!

        1. Look at your divorce agreement and see if it provides that you are to receive documentation regarding the bonuses, so you can see what he’s received. If not, you’ll need to ask him to provide you with his W-2 and pay stubs regarding the bonuses. If he refuses, you’ll need to petition the court for that documentation, if your state’s laws allow you to do that.

  7. In 2014 I learned my husband had opened credit cards in my name and spent $60k in a matter of 6 months. All transactions were cash advances and he never fessed up to how the money was spent. I left him later that year after we sold our house in the suburbs to pay off the debt. I filed for divorce in 2015. It was finalized in 2016.

    In 2022 I discovered he had been renting a condo in the priciest part of the nearby city at the time of our divorce, and had been subletting it on airbnb for income. I am not sure exactly when he got the condo but I know he was renting it out on airbnb before our divorce finalized. He did not disclose any of this to me. The condo appears to have been very popular and regularly booked on airbnb through 2018. Is this considered hiding income and/or assets?

    1. If he didn’t disclose that income, then he was definitely hiding income. How much income is yet another question — it would be the difference between the rent he brought in and the rent and other expenses that he paid out. He was supposed to report that on his tax returns, so that would be the place to start to gather that information.

      But before you start barking up that tree, make sure that you have something to gain that would make it worthwhile your time and expense to open up the case again and make those points. If he had that source of income and he was to pay you support, that may have made a difference in the amount of support you were awarded. But if he doesn’t have that income now, it wouldn’t make a difference in the support you are getting now, so you’ll need to talk to someone knowledgable about the laws of your jurisdiction to find out what powers the court has to increase support retroactively based on these circumstances. And then you’ll need to reopen your case and get a judge to order that retroactive support. And then you’ll need to try to collect it from your ex-spouse, who apparently will go to great lengths to avoid paying you, based on his past behavior. So weigh all that against what you have to gain before you head off in this direction. I get that it rankles to NOT do anything about it and know that he got away with something, but it is far worse for you to waste financial and emotional resources pursuing something that you may never collect.

      1. Im from tn. & I found out my ex had pension TSP retirement stocks properties savings among other asset’s that was hidden from me. My divorce was 10 years ago and I have been fighting to get back into court. Problem is my attorney and my judge has a section 8 housing business together and I was set up for financial failure. What can I do I have found marriage license where he would marry to put properties in tenancy by entirety & it’s his writing. How do you fight a corrupt system because I’m not stopping I make below poverty 15,0000 a year and was married 30 years. Any suggestions

        1. It sounds like you have the wrong attorney, if he/she isn’t doing their best to represent your interests, and like you have the wrong judge, if he/she isn’t making legal decisions based on the merits of the case. Talk to another attorney to get a second opinion on whether the evidence you have of undisclosed/undivided assets is sufficient to get the court to open the case again for the purpose of dividing those assets.

    2. My husband and I recently divorced, although the 30 day period hasn’t expired yet to file an appeal. Towards the end of the litigation, I wound up representing myself pro se. I try to file motions and submit exhibit/evidence to the judge showing my ex was hiding money and assets and in the end the judge ruled in his favor anyway and I missed out and over $20,000 of assets/money… Possibly more, As I can’t access his bank account and he wouldn’t submit the records for discovery. An attorney told me that seeking 15 grand isn’t worth reopening the case. However my ex is now purchasing a $200,000 home which was more than our marital home! How is it right he just went through a divorce and is affording a more expensive home then before the divorce??What should I do?

      1. You have been told by an attorney that the evidence you have and the amount involved wouldn’t make it worth your while to file an appeal. You could talk to another attorney, but frankly, if the first attorney thought you had a great case, they’d be happy to take it on, so I’m guessing that you don’t. In my experience, you need good solid believable evidence of the hidden money, how much it is and where it’s hidden – merely having a hunch or going on evidence such as “how was he able to afford such a big home” won’t do it. Things may smell fishy, but a judge can’t go on that — in court you have to actually show a kettle of fish! It’s a shame that you didn’t have good representation during the original proceeding who could have gotten orders forcing your husband to turn over the documents that you needed. My understanding is that it becomes much harder to appeal and get orders in the appeal if you didn’t get them in the original proceeding.

  8. Found out my husband for thirty years has been hiding money in his sister’s name. She does her taxes and he reimburses her for his portion on his money which is in her name. Isn’t this called money laundering? conspiracy to defraud the wife? I have his financial advisor’s contact info. Is it illegal to what extent in using another’s social security to pay taxes on money your hiding? Is knowing the financial advisor at Fidelity enough in tracking if it’s in the sister’s name and social security? He’s retiring this next year. Also his work would have retirement deposits?

    1. If he has been putting money into retirement at work, then the plan administrator would be holding those funds on behalf of your husband. As for the funds that his sister is holding for him, what do you want to happen? If you want her or him to give you half of that money, you can ask them to do that. If they refuse, then you’ll need to bring legal action to compel that, probably by filing for divorce or legal separation and joining his sister into your divorce action. Talk to an attorney in your locale about how to do that and show them the evidence that you have gathered as to what has been happening and how much money is involved. The attorney can advise you on the best legal actions to take to recover your share of the funds.

  9. Recently received information (copy of email between ex & his attorney) where attorney states “intentionally omitted a $30K account from marital balance sheet for strategic advantage “. Was finalized in 2013 and took me several trips to court to get the settlement agreed upon (without knowing about hidden account). How should I handle this? It seems like it was attorney’s idea, but he went along with it… do I have a case?

    1. That’s an excellent question. I have no idea whether you have a case or not. Best to ask an attorney that question. And another question to ask is, what will I need to do to prove this to a judge, and how expensive will it be to gather that information and prepare it for court. If the answer is $25,000-$30,000, then it may not be worth it to pursue this.

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  11. I just found a home my ex wife purchased, in 2015 in Madison County, Illinois, while we were married and did not disclose it in our divorce in St. Clair County, Illinois. We were divorced in 2017. What can I do?

    1. If she didn’t disclose an asset that she owned, you may be able to open up the divorce again for the purpose of dividing an after-discovered asset. Find out whether that’s possible and what the procedure is under the laws of your state where your divorce was granted.

  12. My exhusband concealed marital assets consisting of retirement, pension plans, checking/savings accounts, stocks, etc. He actually paid an attorney $20,000 & a tax accountant/lawyer to advise him how to hide assets. I was about to reopen my divorce to get 1/2 of the marital assets when he died on Sept 14, 2021. I would like to sue his estate for 1/2 of the marital property he concealed during the divorce.

    1. If you had a viable action against him, and he died, you definitely will have to sue his estate. And you may need to take action against the beneficiaries of any assets, such as retirement accounts, that pass directly to beneficiaries without going through the estate. Talk to an attorney about how to proceed.

    1. It isn’t clear what funds you were owed. If you were awarded half the proceeds from the sale of the house in the divorce, take steps right away to get your share. You should have had it jointly titled so that the escrow company would pay you your share directly. But if he was awarded the house in the divorce, then it is within his rights to keep all the proceeds from selling the house. If he owes back support, you should definitely begin legal action against him to collect that support as soon as you can, before he spends all the money.

      1. our divorce was in California. at the time- my ex advised his pension was worth $400 a month, meaning I would get $200. I conceeded my share as I did not want to have anything to do with him in the years to come. Now, 5 years later- he is retiring so he clearly lied about the value then. Do I have recourse?

        1. Look at the divorce disclosure he submitted of his assets and debts. If you have evidence that he misrepresented his future monthly benefit or the value of it, then it is possible that you can open up the case again for division of a misstated or omitted asset. But it doesn’t sound as though you have any evidence of the monthly pension amount he is getting in retirement, so you’ll need to talk to an attorney about what you can do to gather evidence. You’ll want to find out, if you can, his sources of income in retirement so that you can see if they make sense, given what he had for retirement five years ago.

      2. Five years ago my divorce was final in texas. He was having an affair while we were still married and living in same house. During the time we separated he was building a brand new house with her and did not disclose that. He spent money thousands from his 401 to build it. He transfered jobs and rolled the 401. To his new company. He is a petroleum engineer He presented his old 401 from previous job had just a few thousand in it. I was awarded are brand new truck with him making payments. It was repossessed a week after divorce was final never to see it again. My divorce papers state if he has hidden any assets I could be awarded 100% of it. We were married for 22 yrs. Would hiring an private investigator to gather all the information first before hiring an attorney be a good idea.

        1. A private investigator would be good if you were wanting someone to follow him around, but it sounds like you want someone to figure out what retirement plans he had when you retired, and a PI would have no access to that information. Talk to an attorney about the documentation that you have of missing assets and see if it is sufficient for you to be able to open up the case again and subpoena the documents you need. As for the court ordering him to make the payments and he didn’t, if you have that in writing in your divorce documents, take action right away on that issue.

          1. Thank you so much for your response. It is now almost one year later and I recently found out the house he built with girlfriend was just sold due to their breakup. They both received money from the sale. He had put his name on the deed when he thought he was in the clear of me not going after him. He has now bought another home with the proceeds.

  13. I’m in Kitsap County in WA state. I was recently divorced, about 2 weeks ago. My EX husband was over at the house grabbing the last few items. While here he started telling me how an accountant found a bookkeeping error and turns out he’s gonna make closer to 75 k this year not 20k like he tried telling me during the divorce. Also went on to tell me about how he just bout some nice engagement ring for his Girlfriend. The timing seems rather suspicious that he’d suddenly be making so much more and telling me it was an accounting error also seems suspicious. We didn’t even list the business and my retirement cause it seemed like a wash but I was under the impression it was worth a lot less than 75k.

    I kept the house paid him his half of the value for it. He had inherent it and it seems he could have fought me for it leaving me with nothing, he threatened to do so several times I either agreed that he got X amount for the house and the business was a wash and I could keep my retirement which is only 17k … this seemed ok and better than loosing everything. But now I think I was mislead on the business value and kinda forced or intimidated into not doing anything.

    If I reopen the case cause he miss represented his business value either knowing or unknowingly. Would he be able to come after the property and house. We have the house and land listed and agreement notarized.

    1. I’m sorry, but we are not attorneys and not familiar with the laws in your state, so we can’t tell you what legal rights he has if you reopen the case. But I can tell you that in most states you have a limited time to reopen a case, and so it is important for you to consult an attorney who knows the laws of your state right away. You can evaluate with that attorney the costs and risks of reopening the case (if that is even possible) compared to the possible benefits you might derive from doing so, and the likelihood of you actually benefiting from reopening it.

  14. I have been divorced since 2019, during our divorce, my ex husband told the court that he made 3 thousand dollars a month in gross income and that the business, that we bought during our marriage had a profit loss and no capital gain. Of course, I was locked out of all business accounts and told the Judge that this was untrue since my ex had just purchased 2 new vehicles totaling over 100k, but had no financial information to present as evidence. The judge put a price of the business at 90,000 and my share was 30k. My ex did not comply with discovery, made up his own tax forms (showing a profit loss and earning of 3 thousand a month) During Covid, I found a 2019 published article from the corporate office on franchise financials. My ex husband was listed as one of the top 12 showing a revenue for business at 1.4 million and a gross income of 400,000.00. Is this enough to open the divorce back up on fraud and deceit? The judge also had given my ex 6 months to pay the 30k – he made monthly payments on a portion of the settlement but stopped making payments.

    1. Sounds like you need the advice of an attorney. The laws of each state are different, and I don’t know if you have enough information to open up the case again to show that the business is worth more. But before you do open it up, be sure that it is making more than he said. Sales and gross income are very different from net income. So if the business expenses it takes to make the $400,000 gross income are, say, $300,000, then his net income is $100,000, which may be what the evidence he produced when you divorced showed. But you do need to ask the judge to give you an order you can use to start seizing assets, since he had 6 months to pay you and still hasn’t over 2 years later.

  15. My exhusband claimed his business was worth $160000 but I was told he sold it for 1 million dollars before we settled. My lawyer did not pursue this. As part of the settlement, we had agreed to pay closing costs on any real estate for 5 years. I feel like my lawyer was not on top of things and I lost over 600000 because if her. Can I reopen the case?

    1. In some states, you have a period after the divorce is final to open up the divorce again for certain reasons, often 6 months to a year. So if your divorce was recent, ask someone familiar with the laws of your state what you can do. If your divorce was not recent, and you have evidence that he had a million dollars that he did not disclose, then it is likely that you can open the case for division of that undisclosed asset. But talk to an attorney right away since there may be a statute of limitations that is running from the date you discover that asset existed.

  16. If I have been divorced since 1999 and found out land was purchased while we were still married and my ex-husband hid it during the divorce , can I go back back and claim half its worth now?

    1. In most states, maybe all states, you can file a petition to open up a divorce case, even an old one, for the purpose of dividing after-discovered (hidden) assets. But be careful, because there may be a statute of limitations that says that you have to take action within a certain period after you discover the omission. See an attorney right away!

    2. Hi I am in a big mess. I learned before my divorce, from a very reliable source that my husband had a bank account with a very large sum of money in it. My divorce attorney sent the subpeona late and used all the wrong numbers, ex- my husband’s date of birth and social security number. This lawyer did not fight for me during my trial and it cost me several thousand dollars in losses and I am now filing a malpractice case against him. I do not have any money to hire another lawyer and I am also disabled. Is there any way I can get this account opened. it was confirmed to me that there is several thousand dollars in this account- nearing one million. Anything I can do? Thank You

      1. If you have evidence that your source can provide that points to a bank account that existed during the marriage and was not addressed in the divorce, then it is likely that you can ask that your case be reopened for the purpose of dividing that asset. If the case is reopened, then you can correctly subpoena the information that you need.

        If your question is, can I go to the financial institution where that account is held and tell them I want statements on it, no, they won’t provide that to you unless either your name is on the account or that there is a valid subpoena to turn those records over.

    3. There is no statue of limitation for financial claim. But upon discovery of that hidden assets, you only have 2 years to file a motion to reopen it. This case applies to a community property state.

  17. I am divorced for almost a year. I asked my attorney for a copy of the initial paperwork with his bank statements and he wasn’t paying attention to what he was giving his attorney and submitted his secret checking account with his girlfriend’s address. He was putting an average of $1250 a week for almost 5 years. Can I go after him for half of what he hid? He left a pocket calendar documenting his entire affair and he took multiple trips, fancy dining and actually had receipts for jewelry. I have copies of everything. Can I go after all the money he hid? I live in New York.

    1. If there was a bank account that held marital property that wasn’t divided in the divorce, it is likely that you can open up the case for the purpose of dividing an overlooked asset. But if the account balance was very little, it might not be worth it to do that. As for funds he spent on his girlfriend during the marriage, that is an issue that you might have brought up during the divorce, but I’m guessing that it’s too late to do so. But you should talk to someone about whether you can open up the divorce again for those two issues under the laws of your state.

  18. Hi – I was divorced in PA in 2016. I believe my husband hid bit coin assets at the time of the divorce and now he is a multi-millionaire and just put an offer on a $1.6 million house in Arizona…

    I can barely live on the small amount of short term alimony and income from my part time job I’m over 60 and cannot continue working much longer… as I have many health issues

    Do I have any recourse to amend my divorce settlement and how would I prove he bought the bit coins…. in I believe they were purchased in 2011 or 2012

    Thank you !

    1. I’m not an attorney and I don’t know the laws of PA, but in order to prove that he had undisclosed bit coins at the time of divorce you would need some proof, such as ownership information, purchase documentation, etc. And if you can prove that he purchased them in 2011 or 2012, then you would need to prove that they existed at the time of your divorce.

      1. richard carrow

        hi i just find out that my ex wife had taking my va disable pay and move it over to her bank account and hide it from me in 2012 of 30 k as she was doing the book at the time this happen i had a heart attic and did not know about her doing and told me i never got it
        and she was moving money back then to that bank account and i find out be for that she was moving my pay to her bank and telling me the bills where late i had to get more money want can i do in indiana

        1. Well, if you guys had plenty of money during that time to pay your bills from other sources and so she was able to save that money, I’m guessing that it you are entitled to a portion of it under the laws of your state. But if it was spent on living expenses, then it really doesn’t matter what account it was in, does it? Whether she spent it from your joint account, or your account, or an account in her name alone, gone is gone.

  19. I am currently on ssa/ssi and found out my ex created a welding business in Alaska but put ownership into his new wifes name…….they also renecently purchased a very large house on acreage in another state yet still own the business in AK…..when I went to get an estimate on how much of an increase I might get on ssi there wasnt any? what can I do?

  20. My ex did not disclose that he had a pension. I didn’t find out about the pension until his funeral when one of his coworkers told me to contact the union about it. The union had me listed as the beneficiary of the pension plan apparently but because we divorced, they refused to pay the pension. I’ve been told by them that I need a QDRO in order to receive the pension. Unfortunately I am disabled, have no income and I have no idea where to go to get any help. There are so many places out there that claim they can file a QDRO, but their “guarantee” only goes so far. I am in desperate need of this money. I also moved from California where the divorce happened and now live in Georgia. Any ideas on how to help me out?

    1. Ask around in the legal community can recommend a reputable QDRO preparer — there are many reliable ones. You can call attorney offices and ask to speak to a paralegal, tell them you are seeking a paralegal and want to know who their firm recommends. You’ll get a reputable group from which to choose.

  21. Norma Magpantay

    I’ve been divorced for 12 years.I just found out,my ex husband did not disclose his stock market investment.We both live in IL.Can I still reopen the divorce case.

  22. I just found out my ex had a secret bank account, he never showed me bank statements or anything, when we did the show causes he responded that I absolutely knew about this account. How can i proof that I absolutely had no idea of this account? After he left our home and we had our separation agreement I found a deposit receipt of 2 amounts to an account i was not aware, It was under all his clothes and when he took the clothes did not realize this receipt fell on the floor. I saved this paper and now I am taking him to court for other things but this is coming up.

    1. In most states, you would not have to prove you didn’t know about the account. You would only need to show that the account was not divided as part of your divorce settlement, and so it needs to be divided now. Your attorney or someone familiar with the laws of your state can advise you of how things work there.

    2. Sallie Skinner

      My husband of 18 years said his airline pension was not worth anything when we divorced. So I did not pursue it. Now 8 years later I find out he had a hefty pension from the airline. Can I go back and sue for half that money. Thanks !

      1. If the pension was omitted from your divorce agreement, you likely can open up the case again for the purpose of dividing an omitted asset. If your agreement said that he would get the pension, then talk to an attorney who knows the laws of your state about whether you can open the case up again because you relied on his representation that the pension was worthless. And anyone reading this, more proof that the worst person to take divorce advice from is your soon-to-be ex. Not only are they not at your side, they aren’t on your side.

  23. Moschar Lawrence

    After I filed for divorce and my ex husband was served, he packed up everything in our home and moved it all to a storage out of state. He also moved to a different state and took assets with him. The state he moved to has land and our house and 3 additional cars and other assets that he is hiding and claiming are his. He continued to withdraw money from his retirement fund after I filed for divorce, he maxed out the health equity card and all of the credit cards and then when his wages were garnished for child support and spousal support he walked away from his 25 year career and amazing benefits because he said he would never pay me a dime. We were married 28 years. I live in a community property state and our other property and assets are in a community property state, I’m not sure if the storage facility he is hiding our stuff in is a community property state though. He is hiding and living on the go in an RV. It is very easy to say a court will make him disclose his assets and divide them fairly and a judge may award me more of these assets I have no way of retrieving because of the way my ex is hiding assets. But the reality of my situation is that he hasn’t paid attention to one court ruling yet and probably won’t ever. What can a judge really do to my ex to show him we mean business and that he needs to stop defying court orders? What is the reality of recovering assets or liquidating those assets when your ex refuses to cooperate, disclose assets, or pay me any money he owes me no matter what a judge says?

    1. A judge may be able to put him into jail, require him to place funds with the court so you can be paid what you are owed, and probably much more. It’s just a guess on my part, I don’t know the laws of your state, but you probably should find out the answers from someone who does.

  24. The spouse and I decided on a divorce after 6 years. He moved out. He placed the divorce on hold. We were still cordial and dealing with financial matters together as far as bills and mortgage. A week ago, in our joint account a $15,000 loan payment was deposited and withdrawn immediately from the account. He then purchased a new car. Next, financial investment papers with his name only came to my home as well as a newly opened account with his name only. Up until this new discovery we were proceeding amicably I assumed we were on the same page. How should I proceed from here on out?

    1. In some states, debt that’s incurred after separation is the separate debt of the spouse incurring it. In other states it is marital debt no matter when incurred. Talk to an attorney about how this works in your state. And talk to your spouse about the importance of talking about major financial moves before they are made. Apparently you and he were not on the same page about this at all.

  25. My Wife is not a US Citizen, but she manages to work using someone else social security where she works. Her boss helped her out like that, so she keeps cash. She has saved up almost $20,000 in a little over a year. She doesn’t touch it at all and she keeps it at her moms house. There are so many reasons why I want to get a divorce. What can I do if technically the checks are under another name, and she doesn’t keep any money in the bank?

  26. I’ve been divorced for almost 5 years and I just found out that my ex-husband Has a pension that he did not disclose. I gave up alimony and paid him $30,000 so that I can keep the house. Can I take him back to court for their pension that he did not disclose?

      1. Elizabeth Cooper

        I was divorced in 2016. I found hidden assets, but he created an alias. I’ve done a lot of research and believe these two men are the same. They both have the same emails same cars with the same VIN numbers and same resumes on LinkedIn. Because he had just inherited 2 million dollars he was able to do this. I also found two LLCs that he created one month before divorce was final. I’ve done this research for almost a year now and pretty much have my ducks in a row. I was married 21 years. Now he’s living in a $750,000 house and I live in a hotel. I work full-time I do not have a car so I’m limited. I just need direction and help please

        1. If you have proof that there are marital assets that existed when you divorced that were not included in your divorce agreement, then you can ask that the divorce be opened up again for the purpose of valuing and dividing those assets. But be careful that you don’t go after assets that have little or no marital value, or else you’ll be running up legal bills and causing ill will that won’t be worth it. For example, if he had an inheritance he did not disclose, that is his separate property and you are not entitled to any of it as marital property, whether he disclosed it or no. If he created two new LLCs for businesses that were just in the beginning stages of development, they likely had little or no value at that point and aren’t worth pursuing. But do look at your alimony provisions of your divorce agreement. If you were awarded support based on his earnings, and those earnings did not include his earnings from his $2 million inheritance, then you might be able to increase the support you are entitled to based on that misrepresentation, and possibly even get retroactive support. I’m not an attorney and I don’t know the laws of your state, so you’ll need to get appropriate legal advice from someone in the know who can evaluate your situation from a legal standpoint.

  27. I divorced two years ago in may when he was 59. There was no money in the bank and we split the 401k. 6 months after the divorce he buys a 250K home, and is traveling all over. He then retires at 8 months out before he can get anything out of retirement without heavy taxing.
    I said all along during my MSA that he was hiding money. I now believe he has a Deferred comp plan with his company. I just found bank statements showing a 400 a week in pay decrease in pay. No bonuses are showing and several large amounts in severance packages that he received are not showing either. I also found out that he sold our old house that he told the court had a mortgage on it but I found out that was a lie.
    How can I find out what he has in his deferred comp plan? I am looking at around 200K not including the other stuff he hid.
    Can these bank statements be used as a way to show the judge that something is not right if they sent them to my lawyer in discovery. I don’t believe my lawyer ever even looked at them.

    My lawyer was awful and so many things were messed up and she missed court dates and filings. I am actively looking for a lawyer to sue her for legal malpractice.

    1. The bank statements showing that the deposit went down by $400 is a clue, but not evidence of another account. If you have pay stubs or other evidence showing money going into a deferred comp plan, that would be evidence that might allow you to open the case again to divide an omitted asset.

  28. I was married in 1979 divorced in 1984 it was a terbble divorce we owned a house we had for 4years I was in a car accident and got 10000 dollars for my pain I was 9months preg I moved out and was letting him buy me out instead his girlfriend moved in my house I couldn’t fight no more he tried to file bankruptcy and get out of paying me child support the judge said he can’t do that the judge told him don’t let the house go into forclouser but he did he didn’t pay the house payment for a year so I lost 4years of equity and my personal injury money of ten thousand dollars I never got I didn’t want or couldn’t fight with him nomore but I think now my kids don’t have nothing to do with me so why not see if I can make him give me my money it’s on the court reporter telling him don’t let it go into forclouser and he did can I fight him now after all these years of my life living in hell as he has bought a new house after that year of letting my house go in to forclouser

    1. If your divorce agreement prescribed consequences for letting the house go into foreclosure, then you can probably go to court and get specific enforcement of those provisions of your divorce agreement. But if not, I’m guessing that something the judge said to him at some point during divorce proceedings are not actionable. But I’m not an attorney and I don’t know the laws of your state and what is possible there.

      1. I think it does the judge told him not to let it go into forclouser rent a room rent the house or sell it to give me my portion of the equity I was letting him buy me out and he never did he lived in it for a year and didn’t pay the mortgage I’m just wonder it’s been a long time and I couldn’t fight nomore with this guy but he did have a girlfriend move into my house I consider her a roommate as she also worked at a good job there was no reason he should of let the house go into fourclourse he did it because I had personal injury money of ten thousand dollars as well as 4years of equity

  29. I live in California and after I was married I found my wife had a bank account with over 200,000 in it. She wanted to convert that money into a business and we did. She took the money she invested and paid herself back by writing checks to herself and her mom but telling me we were broke all the time. A year later we divorced and she is claiming I owe her support because she cant work with our child to take care of saying all the money she put into the business is still outstanding debt. She is lying and I can prove it but she gave some of it to her mom instead of herself. How do i get a court order for my community property

    1. If there were community assets that were overlooked and not divided in your divorce, I think that you can open up the case again for the purpose of dividing those overlooked assets. As to the procedure for how to do that, I don’t know. You can ask the county clerk’s office, or talk to an attorney about how to do that.

  30. My husband his his income since 2010 divorced me without me knowing I haven’t seen our income taxes since 2008 he just remarried after in full yr after divorce but I’ve been homeless since he kicked me out of the home

  31. I have been divorced almost 5 years. I want to take my ex back for more child support because I believe he wasn’t honest about his income. He and his brother (and retired father) own 3 lumber yards but also have many LLC created. My lawyer did not question his income and I was very naive with everything. I was paying for everything with no help from my parents. I needed the divorce to be over so I could receive child support as I am a school teacher with very limited income. I live in Missouri and am wondering what are my options, if there are any? My income is still limited and I do not have any other assistance with attorneys. I am very worried because of my financial situation I am extremely limited.

  32. My husband kicked me out I lies commited perjury lying in the stand. Will judge take this in to consideration since husband made me homeless with no money

  33. I am in Tennessee. My divorce was 9 years ago. All throughout the divorce, I was told that i had to split everything with him 50/50. For the 9 years that we were married, I made the majority of the money and had received many large gifts from my family, including 14,000 as a downpayment for our house. Throughout the years, I kept asking to get my share of the equity. He would tell me not now because he just paid out a huge amount in house repairs, etc….I was flat broke also after our marriage ended because he would not quit fighting for my money. I evenutally had to get on food stamps to feed my children. Last August, I was finally back on my feet, and he was also, and we had become great friends at this point, and I finally found a house I could buy but needed the money from the house he was living in. Again, he said no. I pulled up the divorce decree to show him that he needs to give me that money..its been 8 years, i think I have been more than accomodating…and have lived in total poverty with my kids….it time…When I pulled up the document, I had to read over 5 times. There was not one mention of me getting anything. I had received 10,500, which was supposed to be a down payment on the equity he owed me, so I could go get an apartent. I have spoken to 18 attorneys who say that its very obvious what he and his attorney did, and I have a great case, but its just too late. And I guess I don’t understand that, because I just found out. I mean, he walked with everything….we are not talking about a lawnmower I didn’t get…I put myself through College and worked my buns off to get the firm I was when I was married and I made great money….(but was fired during the 2008-2009 economic crisis). He refuses to give me any money. I am also sure without a doubt that he did not disclose the total worth of his retirement account, nor other accounts that were in his possession at the time. I can’t live with this…I just cannot live with this result…what can I do? I can’t even get an attorney to try to file suit….Because of what he did, keeping my money from me, keeping me from finding out what he and his attorney had done, I ended up with 2 suicide attempts…going on food stamps was so humiliating and for 8 years of poverty, he refused to give me a dime. …claiming that he was broke…I felt like I had let my children down having to live in poverty like this….Also,, my mother passed away, disinherited my sister and I , and gave millions to her friends…I couldn’t fight because I had no money….he has made me lose so much and he lies and manipulates our children and lets them, and in fact rewards them for disrespecting me….I have to make something happen….I had texted him the night of my 1st suicide attempt and told him I had downed a bottle of pills with a bottle of liquor…and to make the babies understand that they didn’t need a failure in their life…that their dad was doing well and that is what they needed….he has worked for the ambulance service for over 20 years…he was the 1 of 3 people I texted ….he was also the only one who DID NOT CALL 911…come to find out he had taken an insurance policy out on me that would benefit him greatly had my attempt worked…that to me, is so very scary. What can I do?

    1. To my knowledge, one cannot take out a policy on a former spouse unless it is to protect support being paid, so you can talk to an attorney who is familiar with that legal issue to see what you can do to get that policy revoked. As for the other issue, if 18 attorneys say there is nothing you can do, you can talk to another 18, but I’m guessing they will say the same thing.

  34. What if you found out 2 weeks after signing all divorce papers that your ex and his lawyer were so slick, intelligent, cunning and deceitful in writing up the divorce settlement papers and you spent 8 hours in mediation focusing more on lifetime alimony ( which also I managed to mess that up as well knowing afterwards I could have gotten more money) I was married for 29 years to a middle Eastern man who controlled all the finances. I raised the children as he traveled frequently. I also feel that my lawyer did not go over thoroughly the entire sections in the divorce.. It wasn’t until after that I showed my sister who is an accountant with a large investment group that right away she noticed two words in those papers that changed everything.. “LIMITED ASSETS!”
    He did not put all of his 401 K in there plus a lot more assets that he had.. Oh and btw, 2 years prior to our divorce I found in his briefcase just looking for a stamp that he opened up a checking account in his name only and the address was under his boss’s home address who is also middle eastern and he is also the owner of this multi million dollar aerospace corporation. My ex never bows to anyone but him and he also left his wife after 30 years of marriage and I know he was coached by him and told him what lawyer to hire and what to put in our divorce settlement.. It is now 2 years later. Is there anything I can do about it now?? So sorry for the long message..

    1. I’m sorry this divorce took place in Florida. And also I am not talking just thousands of dollars. That money he put in his boss’s address was over $100,000 and he did not disclose another $700,000 in his 401k, and never disclosed the checking or savings account. I am just as upset with my lawyer at the time as I am with my ex..

      1. Georgina Chavers

        Hi Sharon,

        I feel very strongly about this matter and the need to respond to your questions. I live in CA and my marriage was much shorter although the subject matter is very similar to yours. As long as the law is the same in this area of law as CA, you can absolutely reopen your divorce matter to divide after-discovered assets. In fact I had been divorced for six years before I re-opened mine.

        Unfortunately it has been over two years and my case still sits before the courts, so don’t make the same mistakes I made. As you said not all Attorney’s are the same and your divorce attorney missed a lot of information.

        Before you even start you should gather as much information that can be used against him (evidence), your attorney is not going to do this for you. Did you take a blank check for instance? There’s lots of things online that can help you in this area. Any good attorney will not take your case if it does not sound legitimate and if you don’t have any evidence. You’ll need this to persuade the court to re-open your divorce. It’s one thing knowing your Husband did this, it’s another proving he did. If he and his Boss are good at hiding these things from you and your previous attorney you need to be very thorough and prepared before contacting an attorney. Even gather information on your Husband’s Boss….

        When you look for an Attorney you will still be looking for a family law attorney. Looking for one that has experience in cases like this is key. You ABSOLUTELY need to find someone with experience in the field of hidden (Omitted Assets). I don’t know your Husband’s career but it’s possible that there is tax evasion going on as well. A good Attorney will be able to direct you in the way of necessary specialists.

        Be prepared though it will not be cheap and it will be a fight. Although it will be a huge inconvenience for your ex-Husband and possibly his Boss. I don’t know how it is in Florida but in CA the party with the lower income is entitled to attorney fees. This is something you should check into first and depending on your circumstances have your attorney request some fees up front to get ou started.

        Matter of fact when I reopened mine it was for one company in Florida which multiplied into a global cluster of corporations that had been in the works our whole marriage. This is partly the reason it has taken so long, another is having competent people working for you and finally my ex is fighting me so hard because he knows if he gets caught he has a lot to lose…

        Another lesson I’ve learned is this will consume your time and energy, if you have children beware of that. I really wish you the best of luck, if I can help one person with mine I will feel I’ve made an achievement.
        Georgina

        1. Hi Georgina!

          I was divorced in California in December 2018, after 34 1/2 years of marriage. I made many mistakes in our divorce decree. My mother was 91 1/2 and had been sick for about 5-6 months prior to our finalization. In fact, she died just 6 weeks after. I did not catch retirement accounts that I thought we had we not disclosed. I am now trying to track down accounts I know we had at one time, whether they we combined with some other account or just not disclosed. I DO NOT want to go broke doing it, but I believe it my be a descent amount of money.
          You mentioned that there are quite a few website that can help. Would you please post them here???
          I need all the help I can get!!
          Thank you so much,
          Carol McCormick

    2. In general, you can reopen a divorce case to deal with any omitted asset that was not addressed or divided. But if you discovered 2 weeks after the divorce was final that the asset wasn’t divided and it is now two years later, that may be a problem. Check with an attorney to see where you stand.

  35. Hello,
    I went through a divorce 10years ago, I just found that my ex had bought property with another lady . Can I reopen the case? All of this occurred here in the state of California..

  36. Hi:

    My husband found out that his ex-wife had hidden more than $100,000 before the divorce after he received a taxes return saying that he owed the IRA $60,000 on tax; so, my husband started processing to sue her and then he changed his mind after the lawyer asked her about the money and she told him she gave it to her sister. He didn’t believe it but didn’t want to do anything further at the time because he loved his son so much and thought that his ex-wife would save the money for the boy, so there was no reason to sue her. They also have an agreement that they will pay for the boy’s expense until he is 25 years old as long as he is a full-time student. The boy lived in Canada with her; we live in California. Since the boy found out that his dad will pay for him until he turns 25 no matter what, he stopped talking to his dad. Now, my husband didn’t know anything about him going to college or not; so, he asked his ex-wife to send him all the bills and he will pay for it. But, his wife refused and asked for more (he already spends more than $20,000 a year). My husband told her that he just sent the money when she sent him the bill; she refused and sued him now.

    My questions are can he still sue her with the money she hid 10 years later after he knew it and is it right to ask for the bills?

    1. He needs to talk to an attorney to see if he can open up the divorce case to divide those omitted funds, or if it is too late to do so. The attorney can also read the divorce agreement and see what it says about the bills.

  37. I was married over 12 years and got a divorce and it got ugly dot-dot-dot my ex-husband’s retirement 401K was hidden from me and I know it had to do with his twin sister that my ex-sister-in-law and I did not have a good divorce attorney but the judge was on my side during The divorce and kept asking me to fight but I was taking care of my daddy also at the time plus I’m disabled with my lower back and other problems and so was my ex-husband… His attorney walked out and left him in the courtroom .. yes he did not want to defend him anymore! It’s because I went ahead and agreed to give my ex-husband his interest in our home within 30 days and he still was asking for furniture after that and there was no antique table left that he asked for– this made are divorce here and very complicated but anyway I just wanted to ask what to do because my ex husband passed away a week ago and neither one of us have ever remarry and I have been divorced now 7 years. And so has he… Should I try and recover the retirement that was hidden from me? Because I did give him cash that I really did not have and if it had not been for a car accident I was in I would not have had the money and I would have lost my house… I have been so hurt from all this plus I lost my only child with asthma right before all of this… I know that I am able to draw some type of benefits I just don’t know what else to ask for when I do talk to the Social Security Administration… Can someone please tell me what I deserve… Again my husband has passed away and I do hate that but I have really struggled for the last few years and I just pray that I get everything that I deserve because he would have from me ..

    1. If there was a retirement account that wasn’t divided in the divorce, talk to an attorney about whether your case can be opened to divide that overlooked asset, given his recent death. As for social security, once you are 60 or older you are entitled to surviving divorced spouse benefits, reduced because you are collecting before full retirement age.

  38. Harriett Baldwin Kelly

    What can I do if I found out that my divorced spouse hid a pending lawsuit from an personal injury accident that occurred during our marriage, the accident happened in New York in a apartment complex where he still had his apartment, and we also lived in our home in Cincinnati?

  39. Catherine Novobilski

    What legal recourse does a spouse have when the male spouse has taken your name off everything in the state of California and files for divorce a community property state ? How can I receive what is rightfully entitled after 12 years of marriage and another 10 years before marriage plus 2 adult children now?

    1. I need help . My spouse told me I won’t get anything from him , he won’t pay me anything. We’re r separate now, he kicked me out of the house. Now I’m scared he’s not saying anything abt divorce. Why if he claims all his pensions without the spouse nowing. I need advice. Pls. My email address is rendanijehova@gmail.com

      1. If you need support and he refuses to give you funds to live on, even though he has cash flow, then you may need to file for support, which means opening a case of some kind, such as divorce or legal separation. If he is withholding accounts from you, then you may need to petition the court for access to those as well. In most states, once a legal matter is opened up the spouse is enjoined from withdrawing or moving funds, but you’ll need to find out how it works in your state from someone who knows the law.

    2. I seriously need advise on this and have so much evidence to prove he lied about our community finances and hid money and left me with over $70k in IRS tax expenses for the money he hid and said we didn’t have. Now he’s living the high life and I am steps away from living on the streets.

        1. omg did he have assets He has our home in a trust he is a federal employee He is a small business owner He has IRA 401 Roth on our taxes I went to the IRS in Springfield and they couldn’t tell me anything in his column he has a master file he is tax exempt I was married for 20 years and together 4 years before that we built our house together we got 1098 we have OMB #I don’t even know what on our Deed it’s like everyone is hides it all and all I’ve gotten is lies this year it was schedule S schedule E tangible property safe harbor I gave all to a attorney I’m disabled what does a person do now I’m renting my transmission went out

          1. If you are filing for divorce, he will need to reveal his assets and they will be divided between you. To find out how the deed is recorded, you can search the county property records online or contact the county clerk’s office for assistance.

        2. I was married 30 years and my ex spouse had an affair the whole time. Not only that but they had a plan, buy, hide & protect. They bought land, houses, ALL over the United States & he has BILLIONS. HE COMMITTED ADULTERY, FRAUD & MANY OTHER CRIMES. They also bought land trust & my life has been a movie, so unreal. He has airplanes & pilot license, but I have God & the law on my side. They have a company called D&B & they have took many peoples money & I intend on getting it back. Greed & selfishness you call it, & it didn’t help that my lawyer was in business with them. Needless to say I lost everything, but I’m going back after 7 years because I have RIGHTS. I live in TN. & I am fighting to get what belongs by law to me. I’m not a person that would take everything from anyone, but after I have worked 2 years seeing what all they have done, they deserve what they get.. If I don’t get Justice here then I will go to the SUPREME COURT.. If we don’t fight for our rights then who will?

      1. File an innocent spousal form with the IRS and have your day in Federal Court. If you never expected your husband to do this, don’t know where the $ went, and have evidence then he’ll likely be responsible for the tax expense.

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