What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? California
Hi everyone. First of all thank you so much for reading my question. I would really appreciate any advice that you can give.
I am asking this on behalf of my mother. She and my father have been married for 30 years and it has been an extremely unhappy marriage. There are abuse issues, and there is also the fact that my father suffers from an untreated mental illness with bouts of psychosis. She has been thinking about a divorce for a long time.
The main thing that has kept her in the marriage for so long is that she doesn't have a job. She has applied for dozens of jobs over the course of her life, but the longest she has been able to keep a job is a few months. She is completely dependent on my father for financial support.
My father has told her many times that if he even suspects that she is going to file for divorce, he will give all the assets away to a charity and leave them BOTH penniless. This includes the house, the cars, the stocks, their life savings, everything. Everything is in his name. He is unbelievably cruel and aggressive and we believe that he really means what he says.
Right now my mother believes that her options are staying in an abusive marriage or leaving with nothing. What can she do?What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)?
Hi everyone. First of all thank you so much for reading my question. I would really appreciate any advice that you can give.
I am asking this on behalf of my mother. She and my father have been married for 30 years and it has been an extremely unhappy marriage. There are abuse issues, and there is also the fact that my father suffers from an untreated mental illness with bouts of psychosis. She has been thinking about a divorce for a long time.
The main thing that has kept her in the marriage for so long is that she doesn't have a job. She has applied for dozens of jobs over the course of her life, but the longest she has been able to keep a job is a few months. She is completely dependent on my father for financial support.
My father has told her many times that if he even suspects that she is going to file for divorce, he will give all the assets away to a charity and leave them BOTH penniless. This includes the house, the cars, the stocks, their life savings, everything. Everything is in his name. He is unbelievably cruel and aggressive and we believe that he really means what he says.
Right now my mother believes that her options are staying in an abusive marriage or leaving with nothing. What can she do?What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)?