Divorce Solutions

Jun 25, 2020

Question #44

I am a 42-year-old woman with four children. I have been married for 21 years. Recently my husband has spoken of divorce. I want to know if he would need grounds? What are those grounds, and could I contest them? If I challenge them, could he still get a divorce? He just recently took a job making 1/5 the amount of money he used to. Would my alimony be based on the amount he now makes, or would it be averaged over the years? Thanks for your help!
 

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Jun 25, 2020

Question #46

I was married in New Jersey, live and been married for 21 years now, and things are bad. I had an affair a few weeks ago, and my wife found out. She has threatened to kick me out, change the locks, and take everything. She told me she would file based on adultery and take everything we own and leave me with nothing. Can she do this? I am trying to work things out with her, and we have resumed sexual relations. Can she still get a divorce based on adultery and take everything? Thank you for your help. Confused in New York
 

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Jun 25, 2020

Question #47

Resident oN.Y.NY state. We were married here and lived here. We separated two months ago, and she wanted to be on her own for a while. We had a separation agreement drawn up and signed. I kept 2 of our three children, and she was allowed to move out of state with our son. No support on either side, I kept house. She now knows she can’t live without the other children and is returning to the area. Her boyfriend, whom she left me for, now has a job offer in this area. She has stated if he comes here, she would resume her relationship with him. She wants to stay married, but if he takes the job, I would like a divorce based on adultery. She has been living in the same apartment with this man in South Dakota. What proof do I need for adultery? If she doesn’t contest to adultery, how quickly would the marriage be dissolved? She believes that since we are separated that she can legally have relations with someone else and that it would not constitute adultery? I believe she is definitely wrong, so who is right?
 

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Jun 25, 2020

Question #57

I was married in December of 1997. In March of 1999, my wife told me that she did not want to be married anymore. I agreed and moved out. In November of 1999, she moved to Florida and lived there until July of 2001. Do I have grounds for divorce under abandonment or separation? PS We have a four-year-old son. Will this affect my ability to get a divorce?
 

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Jun 25, 2020

Question #49

How do you prove cruel and inhuman treatment? If it is possible, then do you have to wait a year for the final divorce, or can it be done relatively quickly? Also, if there is no property, no children, and no joint bank account, how can there be a legal separation agreement? Thank you
 

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Jun 25, 2020

Question #51

Dear Sir: I have gone through many of your questions and sessions and very much satisfied that you are the only person who can render me proper guidance. Sir, I have married an Indian born USA citizen resident of New York in the year 2001 Feb. After the marriage, I applied for the Green Card, and now I am a Green Cardholder. Now due to some differences of opinions, I want to get separated. Please suggest me some dignified grounds on which the divorce can take place without any mutual humiliation. I would request you to let me know after separation or divorce, will I be entitled to be a Green Card holder or not. Thanking you.

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Jun 25, 2020

Question #50

My friend’s wife left him a year ago after 25 years of marriage. There was no other party involved; the children of the marriage are grown and living away from home. He has decided that if she files for divorce or legal separation, he will contest it because he was the injured party (by being abandoned). He is sure that if he challenges the divorce on those grounds, then his wife’s application will be denied. Is he correct in his assumption?

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Jun 25, 2020

Question #58

Hi-My wife and I want an uncontested divorce. We want it to be fast and easy and not have to go to court. What grounds is best to use? She abandoned me over a year ago, but there was also cruel & inhuman treatment involved. We’re each willing to sign off on either or both grounds. Should we use both? Would that help the divorce go through? Or do the courts want you to pick only one – and if so, which one is better? Thanks & great website.
 

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Jun 25, 2020

Question #55

My wife left me 1½ years ago and went to live with her mother, where she still is today. She has been asking for a legal separation for most of that time, and I have refused. I held hope that if we were casually separated, we might resolve whatever differences we had and get back together without going through the courts. We have been married for 28 years (iN.Y.NY state), but the last three years before she left were strained. She held out sex for almost two years, and communications between us were breaking down during those years. She retained the services of a lawyer shortly after she left, and that lawyer asked me to respond to her request for the separation. I refused because I felt entitled to know her grounds, but none were ever given. Now, after 1-½ years, her lawyer sent a letter with my wife’s “grounds” for separation. The list contains fabrications, exaggerations, and lies that I am convinced her lawyer talked her into making. I’ve had enough, and now I want a divorce. Can I file on the grounds of abandonment? Can I prevent her from filing these lies in a court record by forcing her to prove her statements? Finally, is there any way I can have her lawyer reprimanded for promoting these serious allegations about my character?

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