What do you do when a person is trying to keep half of an insurance check from their insurance company. The money is due to us.

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I am not clear on your question. Are you a contractor? Did you have a contract to perform services for a price? Were you supposed to get paid by your customer by the insurance company? If you are owed money and the money is being wrongfully withheld, you can file suit for money damages and/or for a court order that the money should be paid over to you. You should immediately consult your own attorney to protect your legal rights.

I am assuming the insurance company based on the presentation of an invoice from your company issued a check made payable to both you (the contractor) and the home owner. You signed the check and the homeowner kept $15,000. If that is the situation, you can either hire and attorney to sue the homeowner for breach of contract (failing to remit payment on your invoice and possibly for fraud), or you can file a claim in Small Claims Court on your own for $7,500.

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