Question about utilities

[mss080]

What is the name of your state?What is the name of your state? Indiana

I'm having problems getting my wife to switch the utilities into her name. We are separated and I've been after her to get this done for almost 6 weeks. I have kept everything up to date but I'm tired of having to pay utilities for a house I don't live in. I've checked with the local utility providers and they say there is nothing preventing me from having them turned off. I don't want it to come to that but I'm getting there. My wife claims that she checked and was told that I can't shut them off because there is a disabled child in the home (not my child). All I want her to do is switch them into her name. Her income is approximately the same as mine so that should not be an issue. Can someone tell me if there is such a law in Indiana, and if so how can they force me to keep paying utilities for a home I don't live in?

 

[djohnson]

You can terminate the service in your name. If there is some weird policy about not cutting off because of the child, that would be on the utility company. If you have filed for divorce it would be good to take those papers to them as many companies require joint accounts anyway as long as you are married.

 

[LdiJ]

What is the name of your state?What is the name of your state? Indiana

I'm having problems getting my wife to switch the utilities into her name. We are separated and I've been after her to get this done for almost 6 weeks. I have kept everything up to date but I'm tired of having to pay utilities for a house I don't live in. I've checked with the local utility providers and they say there is nothing preventing me from having them turned off. I don't want it to come to that but I'm getting there. My wife claims that she checked and was told that I can't shut them off because there is a disabled child in the home (not my child). All I want her to do is switch them into her name. Her income is approximately the same as mine so that should not be an issue. Can someone tell me if there is such a law in Indiana, and if so how can they force me to keep paying utilities for a home I don't live in?

Tell her that you are placing an order with the utility companies to cancel service in 30 days. Tell her that she has the same 30 days to place an order for the utilities to be switched back on in her name.

 

[beenthere30]

I used to work for an electric company quite a few years ago and I don't know if the rules are still the same but at that time if there was a child with a disability that required the use of utilities then the UTILITY company couldnt turn them off without a court order but you could get them out of your name IF only your name is on the account if both your names are then it gets tricky because then you would BOTH need to cancel. You could try but if her name is on the account too she could call and request it not to be canceled. Is the account only in your name?

 

[djohnson]

I used to work for an electric company quite a few years ago and I don't know if the rules are still the same but at that time if there was a child with a disability that required the use of utilities then the UTILITY company couldnt turn them off without a court order but you could get them out of your name IF only your name is on the account if both your names are then it gets tricky because then you would BOTH need to cancel. You could try but if her name is on the account too she could call and request it not to be canceled. Is the account only in your name?

This may be an area thing. Here IF a person has an order from the DR on file stating electricity is needed. They get a two hour notice to go somewhere with electricity before it is cut off.