Spousal Support/Separation Agreement

[Aisha1969]

This is going to be a bit winded.

I am 39 with 4 children,two from my current husband and 2 from a previous marriage. We were married for 8 years. We signed a seperation agreement,with him and I signing on our own and then I took it to be signed by a witness after the fact. There are many things written in the agreement that were not written properly including where we were actually married. The spousal area has written that I pay for half of the truck (that I was using but has now been returned to him as I could not pay for it). My older children are not mentioned in the agreement. Any ideas if it will hold up or not?

My next question is:My girls are 13 and 17 but the 13 year old has never recevied child support from her biological father and my husband took both children on as his own(he claimed them,had them on his medical insurance through work and they have always called him dad..he was there dad). I do receive 132 a month for the 17 year old but my husband neve wanted me to take it back to court as he was comfortable in raising the girls as his. Where do I stand here?

I have been a stay at home mom(with doing childcare)for the entire marriage and for the last several years have not been bringing in much more than 900 a month my question is to how long the spousal might last for and if I will be able to get it.

He is currently making about 81 a year and is a higher management position ,he does pay for the younger children but this is as far as it goes.

I signed the seperation agreement when he left as I did not think he was going to leave and I was not exactly in a very good position at that time(dealing with the reason he left along with health issues and a new baby coupled with the loss of our daughter a year prior).

I am must wondering if anyone has any suggestion or information for me that will help me to sort our where I might stand

Oh..one more thing..what is average access for this situation.

My husband has every other weekend and 4 hours every Wednesday,with both boys. The girls are not interested at this time as they are still hurt and very angry. It has been 7 months since we split and I do have a lawyer but it is a very very slow process. As I said above he made promises that if I signed the agreement he would help with the girls but did not want them in the agreement,along with helping me as I had very little income...none of which he has done since he left.

Thank you in advance for helping me out

 

[FL_Needs_To_Change]

Yes, you are entitled to Spousal support, and the courts will determine the amount after they calculate his obligation to the children and determine your need coupled with his means.

Whether he is paying for all the children or not, he is financially responsible for them as he stood in place of a parent and acted in every sense of the word. IE the children took on his name, & call him dad. I'm assuming because they were on his coverage, that he also had a part in medical/dental appointments, school activities, and discipline. With this he in fact acted as a parent, and would be held responsible.

The children if they are teens would have to be in school full time and still living with you.

The access that you have outlined is common, with the addition of alternate holidays that are only a day or two, plus half of any extended vacations IE summer and Christmas and Spring break. Plus the parent would have the children for their birthday and alternate years they would have the children for their birthdays (or share the day with both parents), plus he would have them for father’s day and you would have them for Mother’s day.