Is it fair for my husband to make me a signer on his business account?

brown sugar

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I recently quit my job to help my husband with his business. He is mad at me because I told him I want to get another job to help me feel more secure. I told him I don't expect him to put me on his business account as a signer, but I feel that would be the fair thing to do. He told me he didn't think it was right because I did not want him on my personal accounts or credit card accounts because if his ex wife tries to take him to court or reports him to attorney general it will affect me if he is on my account or if we file taxes together.


Yesterday I found out that he made a substantially large late child support payment(for only two months) and alimony to his ex wife ($ he said he wasn't going to pay her because she left over $5000 in bills at that other house in his name after they divorced) and then came to me and said there was no money in the business account, did I have more credit or could use of money I can use to pay a business expense. So I paid it. Then I paid a late gas bill after pulling money from my savings, to keep the gas from getting shut off, because I had no money in my checking account. All he had to do was wait one week for more money to come in.

This is not the first time this has happened, where I have had to come up with funds to pay his business expenses even when I was working another job.

The last time I tried to pay my credit card online for his account they returned the payment because I was making a payment from a account that I am not an authorized signer on.

Now he wants a divorce because I expressed all of this to him. He said he refuses to put me on the business account.

I have handled all paperwork to obtain large contracts for his business for almost a year, I organize all paperwork for the contracts,and submit invoices so his company can get paid.
I am now holding hostage the complete proposal for another very large contract that he wants to get for the business. He now has to come up with all the information himself, and in no way can he do the job he was so complementing me on the other day for doing with it.


The following is a break down of what I have contributed to his business in the way of loans and what he has payed me:


· He agreed to pay me $800/mo for help with the business



The following are payments for work made to me:



8/5/09 $5000 ($4200- bonus/$800-for work done july 2009)

9/29/09 $1600 ($800-for work done august/$800 for work done September)

1/13/2010 $500 (for work done October???)



If agreement if fulfilled balance due is $2700.



· I have contributed personal funds from checking, savings and credit accounts to his business for business expenses



The following are loan reimbursements paid to me:



$1040 (from personal checking)

7/3/2009 $600 (from personal checking)

01/15/2010 $200 (from credit cards

2/8/2010 $10,000 (from credit cards)




If all loans are payed back balance due is $504.



From June 2009 to February 2010 I have loaned a total of $8817 for his business expenses.



$2645 credit card

$4292 credit card

$200 reversal fees, over limit fees and portion of finance charges due to payments being returned when trying to pay from business account

$40 from personal checking

$1040 from personal checking

$600 from personal checking
 
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