Tina Koonce
Junior Member
What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Louisiana/Texas
Okay here is the problem. My dad divorced my mother after having an affair with a much younger woman (20 year difference) and married her here in Louisiana. I think they were married for about 10 years or so. They have been separated for three years now. They did not have any children together. They both live in Texas. They both now live separate lives and have live in companions.
Dad just got diagnoised with kidney cancer and has also spread to the lungs. We are waiting on more test results to come in to see how far it is and what can be done.
We got very concerned when we found out that they may not yet be divorced. This woman loves money and things that belong to other prople. I took things out of her house that my mother used when I was growing up. I know, maybe I was wrong for doing this but I couldnt help myself and she never noticed it being missing. So I think she did it out of spit.
She used to love to tell us how she broke my parents up. She is just a very spitfull person.
So my sister and I called her and asked her if her and our dad were divorced and of course the answer was "NO". And now that she knows about dad she wont give him one. She also asked him today if he had an life insurance policy. So now that she knows he has one she will fight the divorce if she receives papers.
My dad has made a request about not letting his "wife" have a thing. Dad really doesnt have much. She took most of it when she left. All he has is his TV (which no longer works) and an entertainment center. Most of it is things that have been past down from one generation to the next. He also has a life insurance policy what will be just enough to bury him and pay off any debts that he may have afterwards. And we may have to foot some too. The life insurance policy has my sister as beneficiary. So Im hoping that this is correct.
We (my sister and I) have been to an attorney to have his will drawn up and get durable power of attorney and a living will. All this done in the state of Texas. He was thrilled when he found out what we were doing. All he has to do is sign the papers and we will be done with it all.
In the will we have the "wife" as being disinherited. The attorney said we could do this. And she cannot touch a thing.
There are four children of his marriage with my mother. So we are all that he had (that we know about
). My sister and I know what his wishes are and we will go by what he wants. My sister and I are executors of his will.
We really dont want him to get a divorce and marry this other woman (who is a very bad alcoholic and possibly a drug addict). If he would divorce his "wife" then that would leave him open to marry again and we would have to start all over in all this. She isnt trusting enough to go the right thing.
My mom says that in the state of Louisiana that if a man marries a woman that he had an affair with that she (my mom) can have the marriage annulled. Is this true?
Sorry for the long post. But I wanted to get in as much information that I could.
Okay here is the problem. My dad divorced my mother after having an affair with a much younger woman (20 year difference) and married her here in Louisiana. I think they were married for about 10 years or so. They have been separated for three years now. They did not have any children together. They both live in Texas. They both now live separate lives and have live in companions.
Dad just got diagnoised with kidney cancer and has also spread to the lungs. We are waiting on more test results to come in to see how far it is and what can be done.
We got very concerned when we found out that they may not yet be divorced. This woman loves money and things that belong to other prople. I took things out of her house that my mother used when I was growing up. I know, maybe I was wrong for doing this but I couldnt help myself and she never noticed it being missing. So I think she did it out of spit.
She used to love to tell us how she broke my parents up. She is just a very spitfull person.
So my sister and I called her and asked her if her and our dad were divorced and of course the answer was "NO". And now that she knows about dad she wont give him one. She also asked him today if he had an life insurance policy. So now that she knows he has one she will fight the divorce if she receives papers.
My dad has made a request about not letting his "wife" have a thing. Dad really doesnt have much. She took most of it when she left. All he has is his TV (which no longer works) and an entertainment center. Most of it is things that have been past down from one generation to the next. He also has a life insurance policy what will be just enough to bury him and pay off any debts that he may have afterwards. And we may have to foot some too. The life insurance policy has my sister as beneficiary. So Im hoping that this is correct.
We (my sister and I) have been to an attorney to have his will drawn up and get durable power of attorney and a living will. All this done in the state of Texas. He was thrilled when he found out what we were doing. All he has to do is sign the papers and we will be done with it all.
In the will we have the "wife" as being disinherited. The attorney said we could do this. And she cannot touch a thing.
There are four children of his marriage with my mother. So we are all that he had (that we know about
). My sister and I know what his wishes are and we will go by what he wants. My sister and I are executors of his will.We really dont want him to get a divorce and marry this other woman (who is a very bad alcoholic and possibly a drug addict). If he would divorce his "wife" then that would leave him open to marry again and we would have to start all over in all this. She isnt trusting enough to go the right thing.
My mom says that in the state of Louisiana that if a man marries a woman that he had an affair with that she (my mom) can have the marriage annulled. Is this true?
Sorry for the long post. But I wanted to get in as much information that I could.
