He left 3 weeks ago.

[Alexei]

What is the name of your state? AL


and we have 2 kids, a house, a joint account that his checks are still being deposited in. I'm giving up on him. What do I need to do? Should I take all the money in our account and put it in my own account?

[LdiJ]

Originally Posted by Alexei

What is the name of your state? AL


and we have 2 kids, a house, a joint account that his checks are still being deposited in. I'm giving up on him. What do I need to do? Should I take all the money in our account and put it in my own account?

Well...you should probably take half of it unless he has already gotten there first.

[Alexei]

Originally Posted by LdiJ

Well...you should probably take half of it unless he has already gotten there first.

He hasn't, would I get in trouble if I took all of it?

[tuffbrk]

Well...if he had taken all of it, how would you respond?

[LdiJ]

Originally Posted by Alexei

He hasn't, would I get in trouble if I took all of it?

You wouldn't necessarily get in trouble, but you would definitely have to account for it in the process of the divorce. You would also be pretty unhappy if he left you with no money at all.

[Alexei]

Originally Posted by LdiJ

You wouldn't necessarily get in trouble, but you would definitely have to account for it in the process of the divorce. You would also be pretty unhappy if he left you with no money at all.

Well the problem is, he left me out of no where with a 4 month and a 4 year old who both have daycare. I have to pay all the bills including our big house payment. I won't be able to pay all the bills for our children and assets if I don't take the money. He gets $800 a week, so he isn't going to be left with no money at all.

I don't want a divorce, I didn't even know we were having problems...but what can I do?

I just want to know what I need to do so that I'm financially stable to take care of myself and our children during his "confusion"

[Silverplum]

Originally Posted by Alexei

Well the problem is, he left me out of no where with a 4 month and a 4 year old who both have daycare. I have to pay all the bills including our big house payment. I won't be able to pay all the bills for our children and assets if I don't take the money. He gets $800 a week, so he isn't going to be left with no money at all.

I don't want a divorce, I didn't even know we were having problems...but what can I do?

I just want to know what I need to do so that I'm financially stable to take care of myself and our children during his "confusion"

You'll have to get a job. No arguments.

You are only entitled to, at best, 1/2 of the joint account/s.

[Alexei]

Originally Posted by Silverplum

You'll have to get a job. No arguments.

You are only entitled to, at best, 1/2 of the joint account/s.

I have a job, I just don't make enough to cover the bills of our assets. Is it not in the best interest of our divorce if we have one to keep the money so that we don't say lose our house?


I'm not trying to make money off of him, but its not like I had a chance to plan and save for this.....I can't pay for the house, or daycare and still feed the kids and have gas to get to work on just my income. It takes months before a divorce is finalized and I can start getting child support payments and I'm able to sell the house and get something cheaper.

[Ohiogal]

Originally Posted by Alexei

I have a job, I just don't make enough to cover the bills of our assets. Is it not in the best interest of our divorce if we have one to keep the money so that we don't say lose our house?


I'm not trying to make money off of him, but its not like I had a chance to plan and save for this.....I can't pay for the house, or daycare and still feed the kids and have gas to get to work on just my income. It takes months before a divorce is finalized and I can start getting child support payments and I'm able to sell the house and get something cheaper.

You can file with the courts asking for temporary support -- both child and spousal -- until the divorce is settled.