whats divorce law at colorado? My husband is unemloyed for 3 years, do I have to pay him if we divorce?
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How could any man be unemployed for three years. My God. Three years? Why didn't he get a job at McDonald's to support his family? He could have found something. What a bum. No, you don't have to give the man a thing. Throw him out in the streets and let him live like the bum he is.
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Yeah, it may be a shady way of doing it, but if his child support is not coming out of his paycheck, I mean, if he goes and pays it, stop paying it.\n\nSave the money and put it away so that when you go to court you can pay it right away.  \n\nOnce his ex quits getting money, she will call the court and file papers.  He will get served to appear in court.  She will be required to show up too.  When he gets there, and the judge asks what is going on, he can tell the judge he was trying to find his kids.  He can tell him he has all the back money he owes, but that he had no other way to find his kids.\n\nThe judge may get a little mad, but technically if he has the ability to pay the money he owes, they won't do anything to him.\n\nAlso, if he has court ordered visitation every other weekend or whatever, and she never had that changed while your husband was going through depression, she is in contempt of court for not letting him see his kids.  But like you said, it would require a lawyer to find her.\n\nHere are some other ideas.  Try doing some google's for her or the kids.  (If I google my name it goes right to the website of where I work) Check for school web sites.  Does she have any family?  Do you have any idea what city or even what state she may be in?  \n\nAlso, you can mail a letter to her old address and at the bottom you put "Address correction requested."  Make sure your return address is on it and make sure you write the request big and bold and put some extra postage on the letter...I forget how much extra it costs.  If she left a forwarding address with the post office, they will put a sticker on the envelope with her forwarding address and mail it back to you. :-)\n\nThere are some less legal ways to go about it, such as if he has her SSN and birthdate he can try to obtain a copy of her credit report (like through the annual free credit report thing) and it will have her most recent address.  \n\nAnd you would be surprised how a little being nice can help you.  You or your fiance can try calling places she used to work.  Make up a story that sounds good, say you are with a charity or something and call her previous employer.  Say something like, "Hi, my name is So-and_so and I am with the American Red Cross.  I am trying to reach So-and-so"  They will say she no longer works there and you can ask if they know where you can reach her.  You will probably get farther than your fiance with this type of stuff because people will be more suspicious of him looking for a woman.\n\nOr try calling some of the children's old friends.  Or anyone you think might have contact with his ex or the kids.\n\nI am quite good at this type of stuff, feel free to e-mail me and I would be happy to help you.\n\nGood Luck.
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In my opinion, she should have given you the amounts AND receipts along the way, not 2 years worth at once without any proof of the bills.  That is going to make it harder for her to collect I imagine.  Sounds like she ran short of money and thought of you.\nSure you should pay what you agreed to, but a written agreement needs to be made about how she reports the expenditures to you and when you will reimburse her.\nAs to the courts, I am unsure if she can make you go to Arizona.  I suspect that the court in the State where the divorce was done would have jurisdiction.  Do you pay directly to her or through the state?  If the state, contact their child support office and/or the court where divorce was finalized.
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Is it past the statute of limitations on verbal agreements in your state. If not you probably could win at least part of it but than you have to figure out how you are going to collect it. It is not the duty of the court to make him pay you.
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if he divorces you? or you divorce him\nhe will pay child support for each child until they reach 18, then they are considered adult and are no longer require to recieved money from the father\nyou are entitled to spousal support for 1 day for every 2 days married ( if you are maarried 10 years for example you get 5 years spousal support ), in some states once you get to 10 years it spousal support until you remarry.\nmost states are no fault states, meaning either party can file for divorce with no fault given for the divorce, but since you have children you can contest the divorce, he or you cannot file for an uncontested divorce if you have children or the marriage was over 5 years and you have any assests. google divorce laws ( then your state ) to see what laws apply to you\nabove all if he does nothing do SOMETHING\nyou can file legal seperation\nand you can then file for divorce ( or file for divorce 1st  and skip legal sepration )\n\nIt's a shame that he runs out on a good Filipina women as those are some of the best women in the world and you are correct about lilttle to no divorce rates, why he is running out of you unfortunately shows his lack of respect for the good Filipina women / culture and for himself and marriage in general. Good luck on what ever your decison.
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Will cost.  Need to contact a laywer and start divorce proceedings.  The lawyers office will track down the husband through info you give them and from public records.  As part of the divorce process, it is their responsibility to find and contact the other party once you sign-on to be their client.\n\nNo, I am not a lawyer.\n\nKim
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You may be out of luck, but in some states you can get a filing fee reduction or waiver if you fill out the right paperwork. Some states require a certain time period of waiting along with running advertisements in the local and last known address newspapers when the other party is absent. If he knows where she is and the divorce is uncontested and no children are involved, he can look in the classifieds or thrifty nickel papers, I've seen "divorce experts" advertise in there for like $300 plus filing fees.
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I think if he has been ordered to pay child support some type of parternity must have been established.  He can go to court and stop you from moving out of state.  I would contact an attorney and talk them about this.  Good luck!
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How can he not be ready? You've been separated for 6 years.\n\n Is he afraid of what he will lose financially if he makes good money. He may think it's cheaper for him to stay married to you. \n\nIf you go to the clerks office, you should be able to file yourself and have no representation. It'll only cost you court cost. It's a basic format and very self explanatory. Mine was only $135. Worth checking into.
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Refer back to your legal paperwork, from your divorce or custody papers.  Mine said as long as I gave my x a 30 day notice there was nothing he could do about it.  Of course my x didn't disagree, but if he did I had my back up on why it was best for me to move since he didn't have a part in my kids life for two years.
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call a laywer and ask for sure but i'd think so... i mean, if you pick up and leave they can't legally proove that you weren't spoused to.
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Yes because he did not represent you or did your paperwork for your divorce.  If her current husband is a judge, that would be a different story.
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I'm not a lawyer but I have 23yrs of law enforcement experience. You really didn't give enough info for me to say. It depends on many factors; such as what were terms of your divorce, why he hasn't been in kids' lives, financial support, his reason for sudden interest and any claims he's making to help him gain custody, any personal problems or negative actions by either of you,etc. Assuming you were awarded custody originally and there were not and are not now any extenuating circumstances that drastically change the original status of his behvior/situation or yours or the children and he basicly just decided he wants custody chances are slim the court would change the managing conservator status you hold unless he can show you to be an unfit mother. He might be able to negotiate visitation rights but doubtful the court would disrupt the children's lives without just cause.
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Wal-Mart does a lot of unfair employment practices, but that is another battle all together.  Technically, yes, they can do that, because they can use the excuse that they do not someone with a criminal record to hold the position he currently holds.  Some places can demand an absolutely immaculate record.\n\nNow as for you and your kids, do you make enough to be able to support them on your own?  If not, the court will likely order your husband to pay child support should you decide to divorce and are granted custody.  It's a pain to go to court, but you gotta do what you gotta do.  Men need to understand that hitting a woman is NEVER ok.  EVER.\n\nIt's likely that if he is found guilty, he will be deemed an unfit parent and you will be automatically granted custody of your children.  Then, depending on your income, he will likely be made to pay child support, and if he does lose his job, the court has programs and methods to help him find a new one.\n\nIf you are low-income (just your income), most cities have free or cheap healthcare for low-income families and individuals.  For example, I live in New Mexico and University of New Mexico Hospital offers free healthcare with only small copays for doctors visits and small charges for prescriptions to people who make less than $20,000 per year.  Spousal support and child support do not usually need to be included in that.\n\nSpeaking of spousal support, you may be entitled to that, or "alimony" as well.  If you have been married more than 7 years (in most states) and you had the reasonable expectation that your husband would be the family's primary financial provider for the rest of your life, he may have to pay not only to support the children, but to support you too.  This is a little trickier to get than child support, so you might want to speak with a good, experienced lawyer.\n\nWell, I hope that all helps!
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all i did was go to the court house, pick up the "divorce packet" and went to the family law facilitators and they helped me fill out the paper work, i filled out every thing, made the copies my self, filed them my self and then had the sherriffs office serve him, he didn't contest a thing, and it's been over a month that he was served now i'm just waiting for it to be final. it will take a total of 6 months and 1 day from the day he was served.  i didn't pay anything beacause they had me fill out a fee waiver because of my income and i qualified. there were other options, this one place was going to charge me $350.00 but i went the free way. i didn't have a lawyer and we don't even have to go to court weather he signs or not i will for sure be divorced by june 2--open up those yellow pages and look under divorce there should be somebody who you can call that will help you out. you may not have to pay a penny.
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He must live in Delaware County, PA. There's NOTHING he can do....if he gets an additional job, they'll find out, and attach THOSE wages too. Then, when he gets tired of working TWO jobs and he quits the part time gig, they'll hold him in contempt for not paying the full amount. His best bet is to find some work under the table IN ADDITION to his full time job. Maybe they won't find out about the cash job, and you all can get caught up with your bills and such. HTH! \n\nP.S. Don't pay ANY MORE G.D. lawyers...they don't give a damn about you, your husband, or the kids. And neither does Domestic Relations....all they care about is $$$. TRUST ME.
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depending on what state you live in yes. Is there any chance of working a deal with him out of courts? If he is unwilling/unable to make your relationship work will he split 50/50 and walk away?\nmost states have a website where you can search your situation and you have definatly have some legal grounds since he entered a verbal aggrement to be married to you with no intention of doing so but as to the extent depends on where you are.