am i entitiled to spousal support?

[mjgarza]

What is the name of your state? texas
i have been with my husband for almost 3 years. we just recently got married last august. When we met everything was wonderful, i had 2 commercial boats from a previous marriage. he ran the boats and we were happy, i then moved in with him and we were fine until we got married, everything changed, he is from mexico and i guess he thought i was property of his now, he has a girlfriend who he lives with and still continues to run my life. i sold the boats and that is what i was living off of for the past 3 months. i have 4 children from a previous marriage, and none from him. he is supporting this woman, and wants me to give him money that i have because he says the boats were his since we are married and he is entitled to the money, is that true? also i tell him he needs to help support me, NOT my children because he is my husband and he says no. do i have a right to ask for spousal support?

 

[BelizeBreeze]

You are both wrong. The boats were your pre-marital assets and you were not married long enough for spousal support nor are the facts sufficient to warrant it.

 

[mjgarza]

but we are still legally married, so he has no right to the money, right? and he also as my husband has no legal obligation to support me?

 

[stealth2]

No, he has no obligation to support you. What I see you saying is that what's yours is yours and what's his is yours. Have you considered getting a job and supporting yourself?

 

[mjgarza]

i have a job and i support my children and always have but what i am saying is that he says he will not give me a divorce because he says he loves me and that i better not ever think of leaving him. he wants me to do everything he says, yet he supports someone else. she has threatened me, saying if i do not leave him alone she will put a stop to it herself. he says she wont let him go. he is working out of town at this time, and so he says to me that he broke up with her, i dont know, she calls and comes over to start stuff with me saying that he tells her that i will not leave him alone. i am not bothering him, he calls me 100x a day and if i dont answer the phone, he comes over. she gets mad, but it is not my fault. so i say if he wants me to continue to be his "wife" then he should help me out. i have changed my number but friends always end up giving it to him.

 

[stealth2]

So you divorce him. This isn't that complicated. You file, he contests or not, you get divorced. Finito.

 

[mjgarza]

he says he would do something very bad to me, since he is from mexico he could just go back and there would be nothing they can do about it. he says i have to continue being his wife until he says so. i am terrified of him, and hte police say there is nothing they can do because it is his word against mine. that a restraining order is just a piece of paper, it wouldnt stop him from doing something. so whats one to do? move far away go into hiding? i think now. i dont know maybe i will just put it in God's hands

 

[nextwife]

There are no children together, so there is no reason he needs to be able to see you. You can pick up your kids and go anywhere your visitation/custody agreements with THIER father(s) says you can go. Leave him, leave the marriage, and get your kiddos away from him if you feel he is unsafe.

Even if you'd been MARRIED the whole three years, spousal support would be unlikely.