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Woman not from this country mistreated by American husband
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Q. From J:
Hello, I am an Australian woman who married almost 4 years ago an American and he treats me like a housekeeper not as his wife. We are in Phoenix right now, but we were living most of the time in Indian Wells, CA, at his house. He is also threatening me that he is going to take my two daughters away from me. (Mine from a previous relation). He changed since we become a married couple. I really fell alone and he is denying my existence. I have nobody here and he doesn't even let my go visit my parents for a few weeks. What would be a good advice?
Best Regards.
J.
A. Hello J:
That kind of treatment may be a form of domestic violence, and you have my sympathy and concern. Have there been threats or hitting?
When do you return to the desert? I assume you have no ability to travel on your own because you have no money? You may need to look to your family for help.
This gentlemen is not going to take your children away from you, no matter what he says.
In terms of dissolution rights, you are absolutely entitled to have the marriage dissolved, but you are not going to have huge support or property rights – typically support for a short marriage is half its length although it is possible to stall a case to stretch that out in this case, and figure if you have no income you might be entitled to about 35% of what he grosses, all other things being equal.
In terms of property, if nothing was acquired during marriage there is not going to be much to divide, although if there has been a mortgage payment on the Indian Wells residence there might be some reimbursement.
T.W. Arnold
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Posted By Thurman Arnold on
August 29, 2009 07:10 pm |
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