Legal Question in Family Law in Alabama
I left my home two weeks ago, because of my husbands anger issues. Can he get me for abandoment?
Asked on 3/02/10, 5:32 am
1 Answer from Attorneys
James Coleman
Murchison & Howard, LLC
Simply, no. First, abandonment means that you leave home and stay gone for a year with the intention to not come back. More to the point here, if your husband's behavior made it impossible for you to stay in the home in safety, HE would have abandoned YOU. See 30-2-1 (a)(5) Code of Ala. 1975 and cases Perry v Perry 162 So. 101 and Shelton v Shelton 263 So. 2d 505
Answered on 3/10/10, 1:53 pm