Legal Question in Family Law in New Jersey
I Need Help with a Divorce Question
Tonight my wife wrestled me to the floor in anger telling me to hit her, I did not. I told her I had a recorder. She said she will be filing for divorce on Monday, asking for a separation, and for me to pay alimony. I have a son living with me not hers college bound, my income 90k, her's 70K no children at home for her. Do I have to leave and what do I do to protect myself and son until the house is sold. I just want to get my son settled in college and do what has to be done.
3 Answers from Attorneys
Re: I Need Help with a Divorce Question
Carefully save that recording, if there is one. Get a recorder and use it. She will not get alimony from you; she can support herself and your incomes are not that far apart.
You might consider filing a domestic violence complaint against her, if you do have a recording of her attacking you. Be careful a failed domestic violence complaint could work against you.
Call me if you like, but not tonight.
Gary Moore, Esquire
Hackensack, New Jersey
www.garymooreattorneyatlaw.com
Re: I Need Help with a Divorce Question
DO NOT MOVE OUT OF THE HOUSE UNTIL YOU HAVE GOTTEN ADVICE FROM A DIVORCE ATTORNEY.
Your questions are reasonable, and important, and complicated. It is not possible to give you a short and simple answer.
You really need to sit down with an attorney and get some guidance. The decisions you make now will have a profound, serious and long lasting effect upon you and your children.
Some thoughts (and these are only general statements, NOT intended to guide your decisions):
You are in the beginning or middle of a divorce.
You have a job. You may have a house. you may have savings, pension, credit card bills, and other things to deal with.
Your spouse may have a job.
You may have a child (children), and child support and college tuition needs to be paid. That is measured in tens of thousand of dollars.
Nothing that an attorney can say over this bulletin board can come close to helping you solve your problems. Careless actions by you will likely cost you thousands of dollars, make your life more difficult, and possibly cause additional harm to the child (children).
Hire an attorney. Go to an experienced divorce attorney located reasonably near you, and pay the attorney to review your situation carefully with you, and give you some guidance.
If you would like, give me a call; I am in northern New Jersey. I will be happy to discuss this with you; the telephone consultation will be free.
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Re: I Need Help with a Divorce Question
PICK UP THE PHONE AND CALL AN ATTORNEY RIGHT AWAY!
I rarely tell anyone to call an attorney right away, but you are in a dangerous situation and you should really have someone to guide you here.