Clear Bank Account

[cellen]

My ex and I had a joint checking and savings. I went to the back to close the joint checking and the teller reminded me that there was a joint savings as well. My ex was horrible with her money so i figured there was nothing in that savings account. I had whatever $ was in the joint savings transfered into my new personal savings. Turns out that it was $825. Do I have legal rights to this money simply because it was in my joint account with my name on it?

[themas]

If you were in the UK the answer would be yes, but as you refer to $ I assume you are elsewhere, so you need to find out the law where you are. Could the bank not tell you?

[cellen]

themas...

I am in the US. They said through them it was legal. But she could still take me to court. But I would think that by putting the money in a joint account she was legally giving me the right to take that money? She said she is going to take me to small claims court. She has proof that she put that money in, and that we have been broken up for 6 months.

[homer75]

why don't you just give half of the money ?

[~Karen~]

It clearly wasn't your money, you didn't even know it was there, the right thing to do, in my mind anyway, is to give the money back to your ex-girlfriend.

If it was the other way round I'm sure you would be livid.

[cellen]

i offered to give half of the money back, but she wants it all... she has stolen personal items of mine and it is rumored that she pawned them. i told her that if she would give me my things that were missing i would return all of the money. she clearly sold my things because im sure she would be glad to give them back in exchange for the money.