Legal Question in Family Law in Ohio
Myself ,my wife, and kids I moved us down to ohio because michigan�s bad economy for a job in feb 2011. While at a job interview she withdrawn all of the savings and tax returns from our joint account, took the kids and used the money to move back into our foreclosed home in Michigan.leaving me with no money at all. Wanting to fix my marriage I moved back to Michigan as well. Eight months later I find myself to be out of work, and still on unemployment. My wife then cheats with a co-worker. I tried to forgive her, but she kept speaking with him. We couldn�t get along even in front of the kids. She then asked me to leave, and then she kicks me out of the house. I know I could find work in Ohio so I leave.
I filled the refrigator full of food, left all the X-mas I bought for everythere, I left her $50 for gas money so she could still get to work�.then I pack up only 20% of my things in a Uhaul truck and moved down to Ohio to look for a job. Two days after I leave and move into my sister�s small bedroom in Ohio, I discover my wife still continues to see this guy and threatens me with divorce and abadonment. If she files for divorce in Michigan �a no fault state, yet adultery is illegal in Michigan. How does that work? Didn�t I do the right thing?
The short sale to the house is Dec 28th, 2011. And the bank wants a decision whether I am giving the deed back or not. But I feel this will only leave her and the kids homeless.
Now she will not let me speak with the kids on the phone. She has also states that if I don�t live within 100 miles of my kids, legally I can�t have shared joint custody. Is this true?
How can she legally do this to me?
1 Answer from Attorneys
Your questions arise under Michigan law, and as an Ohio lawyer not certified to practice in Michigan, I can't offer you any advice other than that there are legal aid clinics (usually associated with law schools) which might be able to help you for free. Further, if you call the local bar association in the county in which the children live, they may be able to direct you to some attorneys who might do work for you "pro bono" (meaning for free) or they might be able to refer you to someone just out of law school who is looking for experience in domestic law and would charge you at lower than normal rates.
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