Question by Ceejae~n~Mady: Questions about Alimony, Inheritance, divorce…. Please Help Me!!!?
This is a complicated situation!!! My soon to be ex-husband of 6 years is in the coast guard and has free legal aid to help with the divorce. He knows that I cannot afford an attorney which is unfair….. so.. here I am,
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For 6 years I was a stay at home mother to a beautiful little girl. I was not allowed to work, nor was I allowed to have friends for both my daughter and myself. I was in a controlling and an emotionally (and at times physically) abusive relationship. Which as my daughter became old enough (She is five now) and she started to defend her mother, the abuse was brought upon her.
We were given orders to be restationed to another unit in another state, so I finally got the courage to make the plans to leave him. But, one day, my daughter cried to me and told me (after daddy called her a moran and dumb a@@ for not cleaning up milk she spilled because she was scared stiff to what he would do) I knew that something had to be done, and quickly.
I finally told him that he needed to leave the home that we owned (which is not in my name) and he moved into his mothers home. For some reason it came as a shock to him!!!!
Sorry for rampling…. But, this needs to be told to explain the situation….. three years prior I was diagnosed with Spinabifida and diagnosed with fibromyalgia which turned out to be MS. So, now I have been disabled for the last three years. And I am an Army Veteran. I have not completed the papers for both SSI and VA Disability to collect the monies, but, I am in the process of doing it.
Okay, now that you know my story, LOLOL…. Here are the questions.
A) Being Married to a Military Man for 6 Years….and unemployed for all those years and disabled….. Do I qualify for for spousal support (Alimony)???
B) Can I apply for such and represent myself without a lawyer?? Because I cannot afford one…. I can barely feed my daughter and pay for gas!!!
C) With my disabilities (I have Degenertive disk disease, panic attacks and my MS is in remission, which any symptoms are only triggered when he is around, LOLOL)…. Can he take away my daughter? Using my health against me?? I can still take care of her phyically and definately emotionally more so than him!!!!
D) Lastly, My grandmother Passed away, and I am awaiting for a moderate inheritance (around $ 25,000)… There was not will, so it is near the end of Probate, so I should be collecting my monies within the next month hopefully……. Does he have any claim to such even though he has stated he do not want any of the money????
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