Oustion#83:My husband and I have been married for 2.5 years and we have a 4 month old daughter. My husband has not worked in a year and I have been paying his child support for another daughter he has as well as the mortgage and all of the bills for some time now. He can work, he just isn’t right now, and if the child support isn’t paid his license will be suspended. We live in NYS, is he obligated to continue to pay child support even though he doesn’t have a job right now? Also, his name is not on the deed or mortgage, can I make him leave the house if we are not divorced yet?

He is obligated to pay the child support until he receives an Order from the Court changing the terms of the the original Order. If he has been trying to find work and has not been able to do so, he can make a motion to the Court to lower his payments.
If he just quit his job and is not trying to find work, he will have a hard time convincing the Judge to lower the payments.
With regard to your second question, although his name is not on the deed, he may still have an equity interest in the house if it was purchased with money earned during the marriage, even if you were the one who earned it. If it was purchased with money you had prior to the marriage, or received as an inheritance or gift, and kept the property in your name, he would not have an equity interest in the property. Nonetheless, until you receive an Order of divorce from the Court, he remains your husband and you cannot simply throw him out on the street, unless there is physical abuse which endangers you or the child, in which case you should get an order of protection and have him removed by the police.
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