Legal Question in Family Law in Washington
legal rights-dont i have any?
how can one spouse keep the other spouse completely out of the marriage in every way? espeically financually? there has only been one income (successfully self-employed).plus walk out the front door and then completely leave the other spouse completely w/o any means what so ever. none. plus not be given no explantion/s , no address, no nothing at all? how does that happen legally? was bad enough when it was , same sceniro, but he was living here too. but now? ZERO.
help! no kids involved. been married since2001 but living and working that ''one income'' etc.. since 1998. i havent signed, seen , or made aware of any taxes , taxes to be signed , nothing , there is money in the banks etc... but ? i have no means no nothing honestly. please, isnt there somewhere i can go to seek any kind of emergency help with my sitsution? some legal place to help me get what is at least legally mine? in spokane washington. please if anyone has any answers? any thing? please.. would you mind ? i would appreciate it. thank you.
1 Answer from Attorneys
Re: legal rights-dont i have any?
You have lots of rights, including a right to an accounting of all marital or community assets. In the course of a dissolution of marriage, your lawyer will be able to compel your husband to reveal all his business, financial, and tax records.
Given your situation, where you have relied solely upon his income for what appears to be 10 years total, of which 7 were married, I would say it would be worth it to try and get an order for temporary spousal maintenance (alimony) to at least help get you back out there in the work force and get yourself situated. You should also file a motion asking for attorney's fees, given that again, you have had no independent source of income for 10 years.
You should also get going on trying to figure out what you need to do to get yourself going in term of a career or job, because even if you get temporary maintenance, one day very soon, you'll need to fend for yourself.
I hope this helps, at least a little. In the Spokane area, I suggest Lisa Larrick- she's also on LawGuru or you may locate her on Yahoo's yellow pages.
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