Legal Question in Family Law in Texas

Does Texas have a minimal number of years to be married before you can request and obtain spousal support?

I was married to this person for 9 years in the past, then he married someone else for 10 to 12 years before we remarried. About 2 years after his divorce, we remarried. This current time has only been 3 1/2 years; and he threw me out of "his" apartment for being an over-spender.

He pays my car insurance on a family plan, subject to change January 1, as he has stated. He had committed to make my car payment in front of a Police Officer--changed within the week. He had committed to making my phone and internet service bill--stopped payment on that without informing me, so I had to get my own phone plan.

My husband makes $60,000 annually on disability and VA benefits (all non-taxable). His income when we were first married in 2011 only amounted to partial VA benefits of about $1400 a month; and I had a job making about $1500 monthly. In 2012 his SS Disability was granted; and in 2013 he was approved by the VA for full 100% service-connected disability.

I have a SS disability claim in process but do not know how long that will be before processing is complete.

Therefore, my husband was not a "rich" man and I a poor woman when he remarried me. He controlled all the money and had me taken off and then put back on the checking/savings account at least 4 times during this current marriage. He has been mentally and verbally abusive of me since he started earning these higher amounts; and my therapist and Psychiatrist tell me that this is definately Abuse.

In fact, this is why he threw me out of the apartment; I had spent $23 at the beauty shop having a haircut and $63 at Wal-Mart on a few items. He began yelling at me immediately when I got home from Wal-Mart for duplicating items he "had already purchased and I need to check the pantry before going shopping"'--that I was out of control with spending. Therefore he would take me off the checking and savings account on Monday (it was Saturday). Then he said he wanted me to leave.....Not a penny to take with me....

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