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    Mar 25, 2011, 05:38 AM
    Spouse chose to file married separately
    I was married for 12 months in 2010. Currently I am in the middle of a divorce. My spouse had her accountant file married separate and as a result put me in a very bad tax liability with no interest, children and other credits afforded a joint filing. I own my own business as well so more taxes. Overall I have to pay $8000 more than I would have on a joint return just because she wanted a refund of $3500. I even offered the spouse to pay what her refund would have been and that would have saved me $5000. I even offered to use the difference to pay on some joint debt we have.

    So my question is, can I sue spouse for the lost money? Her only motive for this was to stick it to me and this is documented in emails from her.
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    Mar 25, 2011, 06:43 AM
    Quote Originally Posted by ZeroByte View Post
    I was married for 12 months in 2010. Currently I am in the middle of a divorce.

    So my question is, can I sue spouse for the lost money? Her only motive for this was to stick it to me and this is documented in emails from her.
    Hello Z:

    You ARE suing her. That's what divorce is - a lawsuit. You CERTAINLY can bring up her bad behavior to the judge. He'll probably make some adjustments.. You DO have a lawyer, don't you?

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    Mar 26, 2011, 07:49 AM
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    Sure do have a lawyer. Just did not know if this could be part of any spousal support claim or if it needed to be separate action.
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