Chapter 8 - Freezing All Marital Assets And Corporate Accounts
At exactly 7:45 AM, I walked through the double glass doors of Sterling & Associates in the heart of Buckhead. Richard Sterling was waiting for me in his corner conference room, surrounded by thick legal binders and a pot of black coffee.
"The hospital intake report and Dr. Harrison's preliminary findings are already on my desk," Richard said, sliding a document over. "We filed an emergency ex-parte motion with the Fulton County Superior Court at dawn."
"What did the judge grant?" I asked, taking a seat across the polished mahogany table. "Total financial freeze on all joint marital accounts, Jeffrey's personal credit lines, and his corporate expense accounts," Richard smiled sharply.
Furthermore, Richard explained that we had frozen the primary trust funds controlled by Noelle Bennett. "He won't even be able to buy a cup of coffee at his favorite country club without my office approving the transaction," Richard noted.
I opened my leather briefcase and pulled out the confidential files I had smuggled out of our home safe. "Here are the secret offshore corporate ledgers Jeffrey tried to hide from me before my London trip," I said calmly.
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Richard’s eyebrows shot up in genuine surprise as he flipped through the printed wire transfer statements. "My God, Claire, he's been siphoning millions out of your joint venture into an account registered under his mistress's name," Richard gasped.
"That constitutes criminal financial fraud on top of child neglect and abandonment," I stated with absolute satisfaction. "Let's execute the next phase of the operation before they even realize their credit cards are declining."
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