Could I be in some kind of trouble?

I am trying to break up with my live in boyfriend of 2 years. He is threatening to take property I have purchased since he has lived with me. He has worked some of the time but for months at a time has been unemployed. When he was working or drawing an unemployment check, he would give me his checks to deposit in my checking account, in order to pay bills (his and mine) So, any money coming into the household from both of us was deposited directly into my personal account which his name is not on. When he would give me a check, I would sign his name to it, sign my name under his name and deposit it into my checking account. My bank has never questioned this whatsoever. He is threatening not only to take my property buy have me arrested for forgery. Is this possible?

You shouldn't have signed his name to the checks, even though he gave them to you. BUT, does he really have the means to pursue any legal action against you? My guess is that he doesn't, given he's on unemployment and doesn't even have his own bank account. Anyway, you can hopefully show how you paid his and your bills with the money, right? And you did sign your name under his name, so it's not like you tried to get the money without taking credit for it. Plan for when he's gone, take your stuff and get out. You're not married -- you can leave. He's just trying to scare you into staying. I was in a similar situation long ago. My dad come one day when I was sure my ex would be gone. We loaded up everything, and left. And guess what? All those threats he had been making were gone. It was the biggest sense of freedom and independence I had ever felt. He's still a loser today, and life has moved much further on for me. You can do it! Let him go.

Thanks for the info. I cannot leave him because I own the house and I am not going to leave my home.

I just read your other post that said you own the house you're living in, so my suggestion of leaving is not an option. But, as the other poster replied, if you purchased the items, then they are yours. Follow his/her advice to get him out. If he doesn't go easily, let him cause some kind of disturbance and get arrested. Keep your head on, though, and don't get yourself in trouble by loosing your cool too. Good luck!

You want him to leave? The house is yours? Get your soon-to-be ex a police escort out of the house. They'll tell him to get a few things that are his and send for the rest.

Forgery? Tricky...but is is really willing to spend the money in court fees just to keep you? If he can't afford the court costs, I wouldn't worry. It's not like you stole the checks. The two of you lived together. He apparently knew that you were signing them or he would have reported them as stolen. If forgery were a real issue to him, he would've had an action against you long before now.

As for the stuff that you bought. Being that the money in your account belonged to both of you, the logical thing to do would be to divide the things-just like divorce. Give him his share of the money in the account, give him a couple of trinkets to remember you by-and get on the phone to get him that personalized escort...a beautiful touch that will leave treasured memories for years to come.

-NCRAAD

Thank you so much for your reply. There are a lot of circumstances I haven't mentioned. yes, he did know I was depositing his checks. He would have me go to his work and pick them up so that he was not tempted to do something else with the money. I won't say what, but you can imagine. He stole my checking account debit card once and withdrew $200 from my account. He pawned my jewelry and I had to buy it back from a pawn shop. The list goes on and on and on but again, thanks for your input.