My husband and I were married in Jan. 1989. We filed for divorce in Jan. 2007. I was a stay at home mom and raised our two girls. My husband berated me relentlessly to NOT ask for alimony, he even enlisted my daughters to make threats of disownment if I pursued it. However, I filed a do-it-yourself divorce and did mark the box for alimony, he didn't notice and signed the papers.
AS Of todays date neither him nor I have received a final decree. And on the Stanislaus County Case Lookup it states that our divorce is still an "open" case.
Can I now request alimony? I haven't been able to get back on my feet, I've had to live in my truck for many months and homeless shelters. Thank God I now live in my own trailer with some financial help from my parents....
But I have had to live a lifestyle I never thought I would and found myself exposed completely in unknown territory.
AS Of todays date neither him nor I have received a final decree. And on the Stanislaus County Case Lookup it states that our divorce is still an "open" case.
Can I now request alimony? I haven't been able to get back on my feet, I've had to live in my truck for many months and homeless shelters. Thank God I now live in my own trailer with some financial help from my parents....
But I have had to live a lifestyle I never thought I would and found myself exposed completely in unknown territory.
