Hi all,
I've been living at my sisters for about 8 months now. And I'm starting to face the difficult task of driving the divorce forward.
I'm the sole income earner, and as a family we always were living hand to mouth, beyond our means, etc. Not to digress too much but that was a big part of the reason why the divorce happened.
In order to keep the peace, and also some serious procrastination on my part, I let this go, but now I want to start taking a portion of my income to start living my life again. My question is what can I expect when I do this? Neither of us have money right now for lawyers, unless she has been building a war chest during this time.
I'd go to a lawyer to get advice on the subject, but if I come out and say I have no cash on hand, won't they show me the door?
And to be clear, I'm not trying to just out of the blue take enough for rent and food, and living expenses, but since even taking out 20% of my income would likely cause serious financial havoc for my to be ex, what approach should I take? My salary now is going into a joint bank account, not sure if that is relevant or not.
Any and all thoughts are appreciated!
I've been living at my sisters for about 8 months now. And I'm starting to face the difficult task of driving the divorce forward.
I'm the sole income earner, and as a family we always were living hand to mouth, beyond our means, etc. Not to digress too much but that was a big part of the reason why the divorce happened.
In order to keep the peace, and also some serious procrastination on my part, I let this go, but now I want to start taking a portion of my income to start living my life again. My question is what can I expect when I do this? Neither of us have money right now for lawyers, unless she has been building a war chest during this time.
I'd go to a lawyer to get advice on the subject, but if I come out and say I have no cash on hand, won't they show me the door?
And to be clear, I'm not trying to just out of the blue take enough for rent and food, and living expenses, but since even taking out 20% of my income would likely cause serious financial havoc for my to be ex, what approach should I take? My salary now is going into a joint bank account, not sure if that is relevant or not.
Any and all thoughts are appreciated!
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