You can be arrested, but it would be a difficult case to prosecute if the vicitim does not want to press charges.
If your husband does not press charges then nothing will happen. If pressed charges then it depends on your criminal record.
Irrespective of whether the check is cashed or not, forging a check is a crime. It is illegal and you can be legally prosecuted and jailed for doing so. If the person on whose account you tried the forgery agrees to withdraw the charges you can escape otherwise you will be jailed for check forgery
Jail time, fees, etc... In other words, don't do it. You might get hit with federal charges as well as state charges.
Yes, forging a check is a felony offense in Massachusetts. It is considered forgery and fraud, and can carry significant penalties including imprisonment and fines.
Yes. Forging a check is a crime irrespective of whose check is being forged. Even if the forger is the spouse of the person affected, it is a crime and the forger can be legally prosecuted. You can formally raise a legal complaint against your spouse with the cops to take things forward.
The person who receives the cheque payment (You) pays the bank charges.
You can arrested for fraud or forgery for forging a check and go to jail (after a trail) and you can get a fine so you would probably want to wait for a real check you get rather then facing the consequences and going to jail with a fine.
If indeed the charges were dropped, no.
Yes, generally the agency/business will give the person time to make good on the amount of the check. However, if the person who rendered the check knew there were insufficient funds or the account was invalid he or she might face criminal charges.
Only if you get caught
There are repercussions to a check cashing place if charges are made for a bounced check as long as the person making the bounced check knows that there aren't funds available for immediate use. If you are writing a check, you're liable for charges if the money isn't in the account at the time of the check cashing.
No, they cannot. A check is a legal tender. Once issued, it has to be honored/paid. Failing which, the person who issued it may be arrested for issuing a fake check.