Allstate: report on "economic abuse" and domestic violence
Recognizing the Signs of Economic Abuse. Does your partner:
* Steal money from you or your family?
* Force you to give him or her access to your accounts?
* Make you feel as though you don't have a right to know any details about money or household resources?
* Make financial or investment decisions that affect you or the family without consulting or reaching agreement with you?
* Refuse to include you in important meetings with banks, financial planners or retirement specialists?
* Prevent or forbid you to work or attend school or skill/training sessions?
* Overuse your credit cards or refuse to pay the bills (thus ruining your credit)?
* Force you to file fraudulent tax claims?
* Prevent you from owning or using credit cards or bank cards?
* Withhold physical resources including food, clothes, necessary
* Force you to work in a family business for little or no pay?
* Refuse to work to help support the family?
* Interfere with work performance through harassing and monitoring activities like frequent telephone calls or visits to your workplace?
* Force you to turn over your benefit payments?
* Threaten to report you for "cheating" on your benefits so that your benefits will be cut off, even if you aren't cheating?
* Force you to cash in, sell or sign over any financial assets or inheritance you own (e.g., bonds, stock or property)?
* Force you to agree to power-of-attorney so he can sign legal documents without your knowledge?
Download pdf file of the report at http://clicktoempower.org/media/7971/executive_summary.pdf
