Curiosity22
New Member
- Jurisdiction
- California
Hi everyone.
I will try to make this short. My sister was in an abusive relationship with her now separated husband. He would beat her so much that one day he ended up in jail for 3 days over it (I don't think that this is relevant?). Now, while they were married (which was for 26 years). He rarely worked he would do wood work here and there but mostly she worked. I think that she probably made about, $12,000 every year, maybe ending up at about $14,000 by the time they separated, which is under poverty. Well, they have been separated for 7 years now, she never filed for divorce but he recently did, he is now asking for spousal support. She is not making much more, a whopping $12.00 an hour. She takes care of our almost 80 year old dad. She doesn't have the means to pay that, because she is paying rent to dad, which is almost $1,300 plus, bills and food. She barely has any money left over to pay him spousal support.
He is currently getting disability of, $895.00 a month (the SOB!) and is wanting spousal support.
What are the chances that the judge will order her to pay spousal support? And lastly, is spousal support based on what the person was making while they were married? I would think so…?
Thank you much and sorry for the long paragraph.
I will try to make this short. My sister was in an abusive relationship with her now separated husband. He would beat her so much that one day he ended up in jail for 3 days over it (I don't think that this is relevant?). Now, while they were married (which was for 26 years). He rarely worked he would do wood work here and there but mostly she worked. I think that she probably made about, $12,000 every year, maybe ending up at about $14,000 by the time they separated, which is under poverty. Well, they have been separated for 7 years now, she never filed for divorce but he recently did, he is now asking for spousal support. She is not making much more, a whopping $12.00 an hour. She takes care of our almost 80 year old dad. She doesn't have the means to pay that, because she is paying rent to dad, which is almost $1,300 plus, bills and food. She barely has any money left over to pay him spousal support.
He is currently getting disability of, $895.00 a month (the SOB!) and is wanting spousal support.
What are the chances that the judge will order her to pay spousal support? And lastly, is spousal support based on what the person was making while they were married? I would think so…?
Thank you much and sorry for the long paragraph.