What is the name of your state? North Carolina
So my marriage is ending. I'm considering this because my husband has now put his hands on me twice, once when pregnant he pulled me by the hair hard because I slammed his car door and recently he yelled at me because he thought I gave him an attitude and he shoved me hard. I'm afraid he'll hit me next.
We've been together for 3 1/2 years, married for 1 year and 1 month. I became a stay at home mom after our daughter was born on October 3, 2007. The cars are in his name, the house is in our name and pretty much everything in the house is in both our names.
Here are my questions:
Would there be grounds for any kind of spousal support after only 1 year of marriage?
Can he take my daughter just because he's working and I'm not?
Will he get to have unsupervised visits with our daughter even if I bring up the physical abuse?
How does the splitting of assets work exactly?
Would I get anything for the house if I didn't want to stay in it even though I did put money into paying for it when I was working?
Would I get a car that technically he's been paying for since I'm not working even though the payment comes out of the joint account and I make the payments and I'm listed as the primary driver on the insurance?
I'm currently looking for a lawyer that will do a free consultation since I have no money. Just wondering how much can go wrong with this. I want to try counseling before doing this but he doesn't so not sure what's going to happen. Thank you for any answers.
So my marriage is ending. I'm considering this because my husband has now put his hands on me twice, once when pregnant he pulled me by the hair hard because I slammed his car door and recently he yelled at me because he thought I gave him an attitude and he shoved me hard. I'm afraid he'll hit me next.
We've been together for 3 1/2 years, married for 1 year and 1 month. I became a stay at home mom after our daughter was born on October 3, 2007. The cars are in his name, the house is in our name and pretty much everything in the house is in both our names.
Here are my questions:
Would there be grounds for any kind of spousal support after only 1 year of marriage?
Can he take my daughter just because he's working and I'm not?
Will he get to have unsupervised visits with our daughter even if I bring up the physical abuse?
How does the splitting of assets work exactly?
Would I get anything for the house if I didn't want to stay in it even though I did put money into paying for it when I was working?
Would I get a car that technically he's been paying for since I'm not working even though the payment comes out of the joint account and I make the payments and I'm listed as the primary driver on the insurance?
I'm currently looking for a lawyer that will do a free consultation since I have no money. Just wondering how much can go wrong with this. I want to try counseling before doing this but he doesn't so not sure what's going to happen. Thank you for any answers.