What can you do if your husband forges your signature?

[MickeyMouse111]

For business transactions.

(We're not getting divorced - yet - this hardly evokes trust so it's making me rethink our relationship...but all the cases I can read online are people doing it when they're in the middle of divorce proceedings so advice is different to what it would be in my case)

He's been doing it so he can run certain things in the business in a different order to what we agreed.

@MickeyMouse111

Email in detail. Include a couple of questions that require a response, ie "why didn't you just ask me to sign the document" (and) "why did you sign my name ". I'd also ask "Have you done this before" or "what else do you need to tell me about" In other words, try to get him to admit in writing that he forged your signature, without using the word 'forgery'. Since you shredded the papers you should try to get something admitting he did it. Hopefully he'll email you a response.

Once that's done and he either does/doesn't respond in writing I'd let him know that you intend to contact the accountant, lawyer, and the bank that handles the business affairs and let them know what he did and that they must verify your signature with you before completing any transaction.

You need to go in guns blazing. This could have serious consequences for you IF a forged signature ends up in a shady/illegal business transaction. I know a woman whose now exH forged her signature on (US) tax returns and if she hadn't had an excellent lawyer she could have ended up in prison. As it was she was absolved of criminal responsibility but still lost her (jointly owned) home to back taxes.

It doesn't matter why your H did this. There's no excuse. Time for the big guns.

And I'd see a solicitor about this issue and about divorce. Doesn't mean you have to 'do anything' but considering all things it's best you are well educated in your legal position wrt the business AND what divorce might mean to you.