Spouse Has Cut off Funds to our Family

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Married for donkey's years. 3 teenage children. Husband moved out 9 months ago & transferred all bills to his new residence (which is a marital property with no mortgage). I was primarily stay-at-home mom...worked part time job. He paid all large bills...I bought groceries, gas, funded kids' activities, etc. Since he moved out - house is in foreclosure, electricity has been cut almost every month for the last six, he's given me no money to help with medical, orthodontics or other co-pays for the children. He's given the children (3) spending money, paid car repairs for our eldest son, etc. So he's done some things, but not nearly what he used to (and what he can afford...or always used to be able to afford on his income)

Question: He's not helping me financially in the way he used to, and I can't afford to shoulder this responsibility myself because I can't generate the same income he can. Clearly he's being punitive towards me. Exactly how will this affect the outcome of our settlement. I know by denying me funds to live on is a "strike against him", but please spell out for me what that means. What negative effect will his behavior have, if any, on the eventual outcome?
Thanks.

[Attorney Howard Iken]

Marital law is a "fuzzy science' so it is difficult to define "strike against him"

You are dealing the the law but also with judges who happen to be human. Will a judge's annoyance result in a worse deal for the party causing the annoyance? Absolutely. Can someone predict the exact effect without detailed facts and without knowledge of who the judge will be? Absolutely not.


I hope that after 9 months of separation you have already filed for divorce. Because if you did not - that will work against you in the big picture.

Sorry to use terms that sound like they came from a crystal ball. But that is that way it is until I am completely involved in a case. But even then, all I give are likelihoods and probabilities.




Attorney Howard Iken


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