Legal Question in Family Law in Texas
Does Texas have a minimal number of years to be married before you can request and obtain spousal support?
I was married to this person for 9 years in the past, then he married someone else for 10 to 12 years before we remarried. About 2 years after his divorce, we remarried. This current time has only been 3 1/2 years; and he threw me out of "his" apartment for being an over-spender.
He pays my car insurance on a family plan, subject to change January 1, as he has stated. He had committed to make my car payment in front of a Police Officer--changed within the week. He had committed to making my phone and internet service bill--stopped payment on that without informing me, so I had to get my own phone plan.
My husband makes $60,000 annually on disability and VA benefits (all non-taxable). His income when we were first married in 2011 only amounted to partial VA benefits of about $1400 a month; and I had a job making about $1500 monthly. In 2012 his SS Disability was granted; and in 2013 he was approved by the VA for full 100% service-connected disability.
I have a SS disability claim in process but do not know how long that will be before processing is complete.
Therefore, my husband was not a "rich" man and I a poor woman when he remarried me. He controlled all the money and had me taken off and then put back on the checking/savings account at least 4 times during this current marriage. He has been mentally and verbally abusive of me since he started earning these higher amounts; and my therapist and Psychiatrist tell me that this is definately Abuse.
In fact, this is why he threw me out of the apartment; I had spent $23 at the beauty shop having a haircut and $63 at Wal-Mart on a few items. He began yelling at me immediately when I got home from Wal-Mart for duplicating items he "had already purchased and I need to check the pantry before going shopping"'--that I was out of control with spending. Therefore he would take me off the checking and savings account on Monday (it was Saturday). Then he said he wanted me to leave.....Not a penny to take with me....
1 Answer from Attorneys
Only a judge can remove you from your home. Feel free to call the police or constable in your area and they can tell him the save thing.
You might be entitled to some temporary spousal support while the divorce is pending to make sure that you are not homeless or totally broke.
Look on this website and on www.avvo.com for an attorney in your county. You might look for a pro bono (free) attorney to take your case. Look on the State Bar of Texas website for pro bono organizations in Texas.
Good luck!
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