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Old 01-10-2008, 12:39 AM
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mental instability issue

What is the name of your state? Washington state
I live in Seattle ,Wa with my two children ages 2 and 4.
My husband (soon to be ex) decided one day he no longer wanted to be a father , nor work . He wanted to go travel in tibet and from there on changed his mind weekly on .. where to travel too.
Then asked to not get divorced and stay at home while he was no longer a husband, father to children or any kindof provider mentally or physically or financially. I asked him to leave, he did. From then on friends who saw him (his old friends) called me to ask if i thought he was mentally disturbed. short story.. he is undiagnosed possible bi-polar. My question.
I'm a nice normal, boring loving mother of two. how in the world can i get a simple divorce as I havent the funds to go through long one and seems he changes his mind weekly if not daily and I just dont know what to od. I am not dealing with my husband.. I'm dealing with someone who has become severly depressed and unstable. I just want closure for my kids and myself. Please help. Is there special way to pursue mentally ill divorce case.
This is no joke, actually i am drained emotionally as my husband was always bit strange but not this scary. Help me, please.
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Old 01-10-2008, 06:03 AM
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He is not mentally ill. How do YOU know that he is undiagnosed bi-polar? Are you qualified to diagnose him?
You need to contact legal aid or an attorney and have them help you. Based on your post you cannot go pro se.
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Old 01-10-2008, 07:02 AM
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He is not mentally ill. How do YOU know that he is undiagnosed bi-polar? Are you qualified to diagnose him?
You need to contact legal aid or an attorney and have them help you. Based on your post you cannot go pro se.
You can't say that he is not mentally ill. You can say that he is not legally mentally ill because he has not been diagnosed.

I agree that she should try legal aid if she cannot afford an attorney...but she does need one.
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Old 01-10-2008, 11:45 AM
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You can't say that he is not mentally ill. You can say that he is not legally mentally ill because he has not been diagnosed.

I agree that she should try legal aid if she cannot afford an attorney...but she does need one.
Sorry. Left out that word. It should have read LEGALLY mentally ill. He could be mentally ill. He also may not be. No one knows.
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Old 01-10-2008, 12:01 PM
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For help with understanding your spouse's mental illness, I would highly recommend contacting NAMI Greater Seattle (National Alliance on Mental Illness). There are family support groups where you can get help and learn about resources in your area. I worked with an area affiliate in my state. There were several spouses who had to divorce their spouse because of mental illness. It was the healthy choice for both spouses.

NAMI Greater Seattle [url]http://www.nami-greaterseattle.org/[/url]

Support groups [url]http://www.nami-greaterseattle.org/events/support-group-calendar.pdf[/url]
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