Legal Question in Family Law in New Jersey
legal seperation or divorce
my husband left me and our 4 kids after 18 years of marriage. He has been with another woman, by his own admittance, and wants to stay with her. I want the house, or we will be on the street(it has a mortgage and a home equity loan on it in both our names, I want him to pay for the house since the home equity loan was his accumulated debt.I want 1/2 his pension,and spousal,child support. I also want my medical/dental benefits.the house is all i have but i havent had any kind of job in 18 yrs. I was raising the kids all that time. my husband never pushed me to work.I am unable to work. he has been drunk for the past 4-5 yrs., has hit and threatened the kids,verbal abuse to all of us, and put us all through hell, wondering what kind of mood will he be in when he got home from work. what kind of support can i get from him
2 Answers from Attorneys
Re: legal seperation or divorce
You should get alimony, child support, half the pension and half the house. Of course, that could change based on numerous other factors as you have to consider the case as a whole and not one issue in a vacuum.
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Re: legal seperation or divorce
Now, dont take this wrong, but let me summarize:
you are going to start a divorce. You have to deal with it very soon.
you do not have a job. your spouse does have a job.
you have kids. custody/vistation and child support are issues.
child support and college tuition needs to be paid. measured in tens of thousand of dollars.
you probably have a house, and maybe some money saved. you have a pension plan. your spouse has a pension plan.
and you want to do this without an attorney's advice.
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 kids.
Hire an attorney. Go see an experienced divorce attorney located reasonably near you, and pay the attorney to review your situation carefully with you, and give you some guidance.
Go hire a lawyer, and figure out what you want to do.
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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