Legal Question in Family Law in Texas
Please consider my situation. I will be married for a year in March after 15 years of dating & then living with my husband. Do I have a right to demand that my husband put me on his checking account or at least open a joint account with me? He refuses to do so. He also will not put me on his cell account & he is the only person in the family with health insurance, as he will not put me or the children on his. He earns a very good living while I exist on a tiny amount of childcare money & small EBay sales, since losing my job a year and 1/2 ago. I struggle financially everyday while being expected to provide all financial support for our 3 children with zero consistent help from him. I buy all of the food & pay several of the household bills. I have to cry ,or beg to get any help, which is occasionally given to me, most begrudgingly and usually in increments of 20 or 40 dollars .Please, I must have some rights as his wife? I am not a shopper, I just want a small amount of security & financial peace in this marriage. Please know ,my husband is a good & loving man & I love him dearly, but money makes him a monster.
1 Answer from Attorneys
Perhaps you should consider marriage counseling.
If he won't go, then you need to consider going alone to learn more about yourself and to help your children.
The situation you describe does not sound like a "good and loving" situation.
For example, why he does not provide health insurance for his family.
A good and loving man provides for his family.
You have been in this relationship for so long that you don't understand how disfunctional this relationship has become.
In summary, you are probably an abused wife and you don't even know it.
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