Hello,
I am currently going through a separation with my common law wife of 8 years. We have two children ages 3 and 6 and are currently living under the same roof (my ex stopped working a few years ago to care for the kids). She had decided to end the relationship in the summer and I have have been maintaining the rent and bills until she gets back into the work force. I was hoping to have things end on good terms but it would appear that my former partner has other plans. I was hoping to find out what my rights are and what I can do to protect myself as I believe she is going to try and take as much as she can from me (I have agreed that I would move out and leave her with most of the furniture to minimize her costs once I have saved enough to cover the costs of setting up a new place to live).
My understanding is that as the father if this ends up in court the odds will be stacked against me and that scares me as I am not the one who wanted the relationship to end and have bent over backwards to try and help her to prepare for the road ahead.
When it comes to support my ex seems to think that I am going to cover everything as she is entitled to a portion of my income for her work at home. She has taken a new job which she will be starting soon that barely pays minimum wage with a commission structure. So once the time comes for support payments she will have a low salary and thus will be entitled to more of mine (is that correct?). If I made over $100 per year that would be fine but I make nowhere near that.
We initially agreed on 50:50 custody and that would be fine but this new job she has taken will involve evenings and weekend work which could mean that I will have the kids more often (which is something I would like).
What are my rights? What can I do? I feel like my ex's anger towards me is clouding her judgment, can somebody tell me what I can do??
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I am currently going through a separation with my common law wife of 8 years. We have two children ages 3 and 6 and are currently living under the same roof (my ex stopped working a few years ago to care for the kids). She had decided to end the relationship in the summer and I have have been maintaining the rent and bills until she gets back into the work force. I was hoping to have things end on good terms but it would appear that my former partner has other plans. I was hoping to find out what my rights are and what I can do to protect myself as I believe she is going to try and take as much as she can from me (I have agreed that I would move out and leave her with most of the furniture to minimize her costs once I have saved enough to cover the costs of setting up a new place to live).
My understanding is that as the father if this ends up in court the odds will be stacked against me and that scares me as I am not the one who wanted the relationship to end and have bent over backwards to try and help her to prepare for the road ahead.
When it comes to support my ex seems to think that I am going to cover everything as she is entitled to a portion of my income for her work at home. She has taken a new job which she will be starting soon that barely pays minimum wage with a commission structure. So once the time comes for support payments she will have a low salary and thus will be entitled to more of mine (is that correct?). If I made over $100 per year that would be fine but I make nowhere near that.
We initially agreed on 50:50 custody and that would be fine but this new job she has taken will involve evenings and weekend work which could mean that I will have the kids more often (which is something I would like).
What are my rights? What can I do? I feel like my ex's anger towards me is clouding her judgment, can somebody tell me what I can do??
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