Legal Question in Family Law in New Jersey
Divorce/child support
I want to divorce my husband of 19 years. We have 2 children 16 and 10. Presently am not working & am afraid if i file for divorce he will be taking my children away as well as the house. What are my chances on keeping both? Would he be giving me child support for the kids? Am i entitle of some of his pension and 401K. I have a small 401K too. He has a bad temper although he has never touched me, he has the tendency to insult when he is mad. Now he is doing it to my daughter (16yrs a straight A student and a very good girl) & i can't tolerate that. I have no idea how long the divorce takes from beginning to end and how this is going to affect my kids. What is the best way to handle it. He has his pay check direct deposited to his personal checking account so I really don't know how much is in there, and I just found out he has a money market acct. with 14K.
Lately every time he gets mad at me he is not buying groceries but can spend money in his stock software and updating his computer. He has been a good provider for the kids all this heard tho. Never late on the mortgage or other house bills. He has his personal credit card and I have one that is joint. I been helped w/money by my mom. Any suggestions?
2 Answers from Attorneys
Re: Divorce/child support
You have many questions and your situation is complex, like any person wanting to get divorced. There is nothing I can tell you over this site to help you excep that you should sit down with an attorney and discuss your entire case.
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Re: Divorce/child support
Let me summarize what SEEMS to be your situation:
Your spouse has created a painful disaster. Yours seems particularly disastrous, and particularly painful.
Very very likely, you are going to have to start a divorce. You need to solve some problems in your life and your children's lives, and a divorce is pretty much needed; that is what I understand that you are saying.
Employment, income to pay the family's expenses, is an issue.
You have kids: custody and vistation, and child support are issues.
Child support and college tuition needs to be paid. Measured in tens of thousand of dollars.
You have a house, and maybe some money saved. You have a pension plan; your spouse has a pension plan.
Go see a decent, experienced divorce attorney located reasonably near you, and have the attorney to review your situation carefully with you, and give you some guidance. A good attorney could save you thousands of dollars and a great deal of heartache, make your life more manageable, and reduce the harm to the kids. When choosing an attorney, make sure it is someone whose personality works for you, someone you can work with.
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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