.My rights and marital $ twoaremine: Hello, I am recently seperated and am very unclear as to what my rights are and how this whole "marital assets" works. My situation is that I became very sick a month ago, with Bells Palsy, having been dealing with a very controlling and mentally abusive husband, I was already contiplating leaving, but not sure how to do it. I have been a stay at home Mom with 2 kids, ages 2 and 6 for 4 yrs. I am also currently in process of applying for disability, for a different ailment, I had hip surgery following septic blood/bone infection. I was very sick the first week with this bells palsy, which by the way was due to stress...anyways, he began to "tease and mock" me, my face is paralyzed on the left side, so when we would argue of course I looked rediculous, so he was teasing and mocking me and laughing at me, so I told him either he had to go or I had to take the kids and leave so that I could get well. My doctor said I had to reduce all stress if I wanted to get better. My thinking was that we would take a break and I could recover without arguing and then whenever I was better we could get back together. WE have been married 8 yrs. Well...... he moved out, rented his own place , which is more expensive then ours, and now I found out he has been seeing someone, most likely since before he left the home. I am thinking that he has abandoned us, which he pretty much has. He has been hiding money, I just found out he was making signifigantly more than I thought and that our health insurance is $500. cheaper on him than he was telling me. He has also bought in the last month, a new truck, a new car , new clothes, new shoes and has been seeing this girl ,we will call "Tramp" for all intents and purposes.
What are my rights here and is he allowed to just spend all of OUR money on whatever he wants and get away with it??? also, if he sells vehicles, purchased during our marriage, do I have a right to 1/2? also: we are not legally seperated, and I never intended for this to be a divorce or permanent seperation. What are my rights and how does this work?????? please answer if you could to my email directly , in case I lose this link... <Michael - deleted email>
I have had to apply for assistance, and is that ok too???? will i get in trouble for applying for food stamps, etc..???
Sincerely,
Lisa :'(
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Re:.My rights and marital $ twoaremine: woops on posting my email, didn't know, sorry Michael. :-X
Re:.My rights and marital $ jillieb44: Contact an
attorney ASAP to find out your rights. Do you have to sign the tax forms? That should tell you how much he's been making.
Good luck.
Jillie
