I recently separated from my husband in September and left our rental home. My daughter and I got an apartment together as I am in a fixed income and can’t afford my own place. She just got engaged and is pregnant and will be moving out soon. My husband and i have been together since 2003 and were married in 2009. Am I entitled to alimony? I haven’t given him my address, which he has requested by email, to supposedly send me separation papers, as I don’t want him to know where I am. I left because I didn’t feel safe and he was verbally abusive. I just don’t know what to do and don’t have the money for an attorney.
You will be entitled to alimony if you are the dependent spouse and your husband is the supporting spouse, and as long as you have not committed an act of illicit sexual behavior during the marriage.
Check out our detailed Alimony article for more information.
If you go to court, you will eventually have to give your address unless you hire a lawyer. Perhaps you could use a P.O. Box instead.
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