Is it legal if I filed for divorce and my husband opened a separate checking account and moved his automatic deposit to it from our joint account?

Is it legal if I filed for divorce and my husband opened a separate checking account and moved his automatic deposit to it from our joint account?

I filed for divorce. My spouse lives in another state. We have a joint account which I have been using for 7 months before filing for divorce. Today he opened a separate checking account and transferred his direct deposit from his job to that account to “protect himself”. I thought he could not do that according to the standard family law restraining orders or is that just referring to insurances.

Asked on February 21, 2012 under Family Law, California

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