Income Tax Fraud and Divorce

[separatedman]

During the last year of our marriage, my ex-wife illegally claimed unemployment insurance benefits while working. Can I be held liable for this repayment of these unemployment benefits when we finally split up our assets and debt of which this would be the only debt?
Thanks

[arabian]

Her debt would be to CRA. If you didn't cut her paycheques then I don't know how you would be directly liable to CRA. It was up to her to report her employment earnings.

She can very well say that you condoned her actions and therefore it is your debt as well as hers.

[separatedman]

Good point. Any recommendations? How can i legally ensure i didn't condone her actions? I am a desperate guy who is next to penniless while my wife is sitting on almost a million dollars in assets in house/investments/pension benefits. Before i go into the next phase of child support for a daugher who finished her bacelors and another who is in her 3rd year of university I would like to have some leverage against her.

Okay, it is noted that i am whining.

[standing on the sidelines]

how in the hell did your ex get so much when you got so little??

the big question is when she was committing fraud, did you know about it??

[separatedman]

Yep I knew about the fraud.

As per the financial question........... I was stupid. I could not stand a moment longer with her. I left the home and forgot about the house and worse was the financial l investments that were in her name for income tax purposes.

I know what you are going to say

[arabian]

Congratulations on seeing your daughters succeed in their educational endeavors.

How long have you been divorced? Who is paying/receiving the CS/SS?

[arabian]

I should have asked you if you have retained a lawyer and at what stage in your divorce proceedings are you at right now? Have you attempted to try to settle out-of-court with your ex? You say you left the home and forgot about the house. Were you incarcerated, mental breakdown, shacked up with someone else?

More information is required.

[separatedman]

-I have a lawyer.
-It is 4.5 months after i left the house.
-I am sane and have no legal issues. I left because we were arguing all the time and no longer had the same goals/values/etc.
-She has the courts on her side since she works part time by choice
-I am paying spousal support
-My ex is threatening going to court if i do not meet her demands of approx 70% of my income for spousal/tuition/child support for kids 21 and 23. She is threatening using our retirement investments for tuition of which i do not want to touch
-I live alone but sure would like to be schacked up with a divorcee with money..lol
-My 2 adult kids will not talk to me since she told them i had several affairs...all a lie.
-She will not settle out of court, very uncooperative. She has a divorcee friend who milked her ex out of everything so she is taking her advice.

[standing on the sidelines]

and here you are getting advice from women who are trying to milk their exs ....ironic

lol such a jaded view of all women. Point out where I wanted to milk my ex, when you cannot find that proof I expect an apology.

[murphyslaw]

Typical slugesque remark -not every woman has milked her ex. Its pretty obvious that many of us gals on here are getting screwed more often by our exes now, than we ever got when we were married to them

[HappyMomma]

I think my ex (who is attempting to milk me) would take issue with being called a girl.

[Rioe]

Yep I knew about the fraud.

As per the financial question........... I was stupid. I could not stand a moment longer with her. I left the home and forgot about the house and worse was the financial l investments that were in her name for income tax purposes.

I know what you are going to say

You might be liable for part of the repayment, but on the other hand, you are still entitled to half your house and half the marital investments. It doesn't matter whose name they are in or if you moved out, if you were legally married. They get equalized. But try to get it done soon, before she has a chance to offload them.

[hadenough]

Agree, MurphysLaw. My ex a total parasite - I'll be lucky if I can ever financially recover from the ruins. Slug just can't resist any/all opportunity to berate women.

[hadenough]

What is your lawyer telling you, re: equallization? You need to jump on that. What the heck are you waiting for??

[blinkandimgone]

lol such a jaded view of all women. Point out where I wanted to milk my ex, when you cannot find that proof I expect an apology.

Ditto. Seriously wish this slug would crawl back to the sewer he emerged from.