Day: March 23, 2021

Married 28 years, became disabled 1995 permanent. 13-year-old daughter for both need to leave home per doctors, emotionally. What kind of support can I expect for both of us? long beach, n.y.

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I am looking to go ahead with getting a divorce from my husband of 20 yrs who left me to move from TX(where I live, to NY(Queens). I want to know can I file for divorce in NY & demand spousal support. During our separation, he caused me to have a nervous breakdown, lost my job of 18yrs with Nordstorm. I am presently under a doctor’s care for shaking spells, etc. I look forward to your response.

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I am married for five years in NY with no children but suffer from chronic illness, making me unable to work. I don’t know my rights and need to get out of this marriage. What am I legally able to demand? Alimony/maintenance? Healthcare? I am too sick to stay in this and too sick to leave. Thank you.

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I live in NY State, and I am engaged to a man that has been separated from his ex for about five years. He decided to start divorce proceedings, and he hired a lawyer. He subsequently found out that no separation agreement was ever filed with the court. Myfiance and his ex have two children together. He pays $ $504 a month in child support as ordered by the court. His exsaid she would only sign the divorce papers if he agreed to take out life insurance on each child and pay half of all of the kids’ expenses, including college tuition. We live in a small town in upstate NY and make modest incomes. Based on my fiance’s salary, he cannot afford the life insurance premiums for the children. He supports his wheelchair-bound father with $300 a week. He cannot afford any of this.

My question: Can she just hold out on these demands and never sign the divorce papers? My fiance’s lawyer clearly is not an experienced divorce attorney, and he isn’t much help on this matter. I would appreciate it if you could please give me some advice. Thank you so much.

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I live in upstate New York. My husband bought a piece of land with an old house on it before we were married.We knocked down the old house after we were married and built a new house.I have paid all the household maintenance bills and contributed to the raw material of the new house.
We have been married for 8 yrs. We have a prenuptial, I think, is invalid. I did not have an attorney and was presented the papers ten days before our marriage. There has been domestic violence on several occasions. I have recently been out of work and am receiving social security disability. I cannot go back to work. He made 138,000 last year but denies I am entitled to anything. We have no children. Please advise.

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I have questions concerning spousal support and division of property. We have been married for 26 years and live in an upper-classcommunity in Westchester County, NY. We have two children attending college. My husband has had over 20 affairs during this time (I stopped counting). He is a self-employed attorney and adjunct business law teacher, with an annual income of approximately $20,000. I am a 50% partner in a thrivingcompany and am about to open a new business.My husband incurred over $250k in credit card debt with my name on the account, consistently failed to pay our income taxes, and household bills.As a result,I was forced to refinance our mortgage to pay off the credit card debt. I became solely responsible for the mortgage,even thoughhe remains on the deed. I made him close all the credit card accounts and opened a separate bank account in my name only. I now pay all the household expenses, including all the children’s’ expenses.I now file “married filing separate” tax returns. I want out of this marriage. My children are at an age that they can understand this splitting. But will I be forced to give up half of all that I have worked so hard for for the last 52 yrs? Are my house and my company subject to his spousal claim for support? Will I have to pay him spousal support? Should I just continue to pay for everything now, and hope that I will outlive him?

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