Advice please!!

[Susan_hu]

quick question: the situation, briefly, is that my family are american citizens living in europe. (we lived in ny and nj, mostly nj). we moved to europe a little over 10 years ago. 2 years ago my father (aged 58) left my mother (aged 57) for a 22 year old. unfortunately, my mother has been experiencing financial problems due to this split and the european lawyer she has been using has not been very helpful. our question: in this case - does american or european (this countries') law apply? we are certain that american law would protect her rights much more than this countries' does.
i look forward to hearing from someone. susan_hu

 

[HumorMe!]

European law would more likely apply. Now, if your mum moved back to the US and lived here for say, a year, she could then apply for things under US law, but is it really worth all that trouble?

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