Q: Can I sue my ex husband for part of a death settlement he received from our daughter's accident?
My 21 year old daughter passed away last year. It was an ATV accident, my ex husband her father filed a death suit before I did. He received the settlement money this year and even though I was named in the documents as her mother next of kin, she wasn't married or had children I wasn't given anything because he told his lawyer that he had no way of contacting me. Which is a lie because I have text messages from him after our daughter died.
A: You can sue, but you may not have to. You might try contacting his attorney and see if his attorney can talk some sense into him. If that doesn't work, you'll need to contact an attorney. If you don't think anybody can talk any sense into him, you may want to get an attorney and go straight to court and get an emergency injunction to stop him from spending the money until this is resolved.
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