my mother has been seperated from her husband for 27 years isnt the law she has to leave her husband one dollar to be legal?
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she needs legal advice immediately.  this kind of procrastination can cause all sorts of problems.  she needs the divorce fast!  emotions have no place whn it comes to to legal business!\nif your mom is senile and if there is a lot of money involved, you can take legal guadianship of your mother or get her power of attorney in such matters.  check who owns the policy and the beneficiaries.  check laws in your state.  you could even lose the house and everything she owns.\n\npersonally, i do not want to own anything of value with any other person.  not good!
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If you can demonstrate that the facts are as you say, the court will rule that she has no right to your property.  There is palimony in CAlifornia (various rights gained through a marriage like relationship) but if you can show that you made it clear there was no marriage-like agreement, than she has no such claims.  Even with such claims, she probably would have no right to the house.\n\nHowever, believing facts to be a certain way, and being able to prove to a court faced with different facts are two different things.\n\nHow long can she keep you away? At least until the hearing, and probably a bit longer, even if you can prove your versions of the facts.\n\nBut look -- you  have a lawyer.  Get your advice from him or her, not from random Yahoo posters.  If you don't have a lawyer, then you have no chance.\n\nNow -- you will have to pay child support.  And it is unlikely you will get custody of the child, to raise an issue youhaven't asked about.
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It depends, first, on what the judge's order says, if anything, about it. Then it depends on state law, and you don't say what state.\n\nIn general, if the mother has to move out of state to get or keep a job or to be near persons she needs for support, she would be granted permission, but she should ask for it.\n\nArrangements for continued visitations would be a crucial part of any proceeding.
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First of all...I am so, so sorry to hear about your mother. \n\nYou don't legally HAVE to send them to anyone...however...if you are the executor of her estate your attorney will need one. \n\nThe banks will each  need one if you want to close out her accounts. \n\nThe irs when you file her taxes. \n\nThe mortgage company.\n\nEach of her creditors would like one. (credit cards, oil companies..etc.)\n\ngood luck and my deepest sympathy.
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Your mother is from the old school. Don't fault her for that! Would you rather she be with someone is abusive, penniless, unemployed or a crackhead? Would you feel better then? If these men do not like financially contributing to your mother, then they can decide against it. I think that you and your mother can agree to disagree. You feel as if there should be a split and your mother thinks the man should pay all the way. I wish you and Mom all the best!
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Get a lawyer - some will take your case & get payment from your husband plus attend some type pyschological counseling.  You  are being screwed here.   You are entitled to  spousal support; plus visitation.  File an OSC & ask attorney to go ex-parte to get  you temporary financial support until the hearing.\nYou can also fill out paperwork online if CA,,, use this website \nhttp://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp/  \nChild needs counseling & when you go to court demand child get it.  No child has the right to pysically abuse their parent & you as her parent should not be penalized by losing your home or the other daughter.\nSeems husband is not doing right by you...  you need to get angry & start standing up for yourself &  your rights
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Can you give any more information about where you stay. The law and the help available will vary from place to place. For example, in Scotland, personal care costs - the cost of feeding, washing, dressing etc are met by the state. The other "hotel costs" which are basically the bill for the accommodation, the food bill etc are not. In England, personal care costs are not met by the state. If money must be found to met the costs of her care, it is likely that you could be forced to sell your home to liquidate her share of the assets.
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Unfortunately since your name is on your mother's account, the bank is legally able to take the money out of that account to cover the other account that you have with them.  \n\nYou might want to have your mother call them and ask them what she needs to do to remove your name from her account.  I imagine that it is legal for her to do that - especially if you consent to having your name removed.\n\nHope that helps.\n\nBest,\nShakti
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You need to get some real free legal advise. Are you saying you can't afford to pay for one either? If you have no major ties to him it shouldn't be too difficult. Go to your local court house and start asking questions. I don't think it will cost as much as you think.\n\nI would not worry about your dignity right now. You would not believe what others are going through or have gone through. If they are true friends they are not judging you.\n\nIf you pay for it think of it as you leaving and not him letting you go.
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You need to check with your state of residency.  Some states require couples to be married a minumum amount of time before either party would be eligible for alimony from the other.  You said she WANTS alimony,  which suggests to me that it hasn't been granted just yet.  I hope that you have an attorney,  because from the sounds of it,  you are going to need one.  There are so many factors the law takes into consideration when choosing to grant or not grant alimony.  Does she work?  Was she ever working during the course of the marriage?  By the marriage ending,  is she going to be far worse off financially?  Good luck  (and yes,  wanting one's independence but demanding alimony doesn't seem hypocritical in my eyes).....\n\nand BTW,  in response to the second poster's comment,  YES,  there ARE women who pay alimony to men.  Alimony is not child support.  It's spousel support that continues after two people are no longer married.
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an only child.. well I understand it now... Mom is dominering and controling.. that simple.. I have a very close relationship with sons.. but I would never dream of going as far has this mom.. YES, an account of her own is the answer, for now... does she NOT have income ?? would she have nothing with out sons support ?? those are questions that need to be addresed also... I am sorry to say, but a mother n law as you are discribing could and prob. will create more problems than you realize... you better get busy getting a few things straight... before the ring goes on !!!! MOM needs a life..... God bless
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Have you ever heard its cheaper to keep her. Have you tried working it out b/c otherwise you are going to lose a lot of money. If you can't work it out try finding a better lawyer to help you.
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Sorry this is so long, but bear with me.\n\nThe law begins with the premise that you are the father and share in the obligations of your own child's upbringing. What you are asking is to have an exception or an easing of the costs based on need because of financial strain or unfairness due to the inequity of paychecks. Your side will be the one to have to convince and persuade because her side has law. In the end, even a good persuasive argument may not stand if there are no laws with which to draw on in your favor.\n\nLook closely at your side then. I am not trying to attack your side by these questions. I am merely saying that such questions may be asked by the legal decision makers or legal financil aid providers and you need to know your side has the strength to convince. Here are some questions to be prapared on:\n\nIs your limited income due to irresponsibility - Did you have to get a new job because you were fired from your old one? Have you wasted reasonable opportunities to have a better job - For example, do you have a degree and qualifications for a better job but chose a low paying job instead?\n\nWill your income likely grow again in the near future - Eight years ago we moved to a new state and my husband had to begin over again on the payscale. We began that first year on less than 18K, but we moved up quickly to now being quite comfortable by regional average income standards. If you are likely to move up in pay, that will be taken into account especially if you are asking to be excused altogether from the burden of support.\n\nHow much money is needed to raise a child in the location in which this child is being raised - Surely 70K/year would be far in excess of expenses where we live and perhaps where you live. However, if your child is being raise in many of the large cities in the Northeast or California it may take about that much to survive there.\n\nIs the $70K all the income from your wife's side? Has she remarried and has her husband's income too? If so, is that 70K a combined income from her own and her husband's income?\n\nHave you provided more than monetary support? Have you been a father beyond the child support payment? If you have been actively engaged in your child's life you will have a more convincing argument than if you haven't had anything to do with him.\n\nWhat were the conditions leading to divorce? Obviously if divorce occured because she was unfaithful you will have a stronger side than if you were unfaithful or abusive. Some would think that if you messed up in these ways you made your own bed and by paying you are reaping what you have sown.\n\nHaving such information as her being able to afford Cancun while you are barely able to afford groceries is very helpful, but make sure no holes can be poked through it. Did she really use the child support money for that vacation? Was the vacation specifically in the child's interest. It doesn't sound like it, but again it is your side that will have to do the proving not hers.\n\nOK. That is the end of the questions. I hope you understand my motives are just to make you realize that you will be the one with the uphill battle. If you are using an overworked public attorney and she has an elite, smooth talking lawyer your side cannot afford to be unprepared for such questions.\n\nI do feel for you. I want to tell a true story that I feel applies when it comes to grace under unjust circumstances. I know a pastor who lovingly was counciling a man who asked him for help. This guy was having a secret affair with the pastor's wife the whole time that this pastor poured his energies into being a help to him. It all came out when she got pregnant. The pastor wanted to save the marriage in spite of it. Instead, she began lying and demanded a divorce. This poor man lost his pastorate becauset he congregation didn't want a divorced man leading their church. Because he lost that job, he couldn't get full custod
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The legal dissolvment of a marriage
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Sounds like a bunch of bs.  A decent lawyer should be able to get her out of that.
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yeah it is but you always have the option of splitting assets. or get your money right and offer her a lump sum all at one time. buy the greedy b*#@$ out of your life.even if she raised the kids and worked when you split it's time to hold your own and move on.women lokk at this and learn have a career of your own. being a housewife is not a damn career. washing your husbands feet will not get you paid when he divorces your ass
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If you challenge this, you will have to produce witness that say that she changed it when he lost his mental abilities.  You will have to contest the will in Probate Court in the county that you dad lived in.  It will be an uphill battle to win this.  If a person leave no will, all funds go to the wife.  You see the challenge?