Ask a Divorce Lawyer: Can the court force my ex to get a job?

Question: Can the court force my ex to get back into the workplace and get a job? I’m breaking my back working so much just to afford the child support and alimony that she’s living off of. I pay so much to them that she doesn’t even need to get …

Ask A Divorce Lawyer: Do I even have a chance of getting custody of my kids?

Question: I have a pending divorce. My wife has made threats via text, as well as verbally with witnesses present, in regards to keeping our kids from me. She has also assaulted me, which was witnessed, and I subsequently filed a police report. I have spent time in a mental …

Ask a Divorce Lawyer: Could my wife get alimony if my income goes up after the divorce is final?

Question: Do I have to pay alimony since I have only made $8,000 a year the last 3 years due to a medical reason? Also, my wife made more like $15,000. She just had ex parte; she had an attorney and I didn’t. She wants child support, alimony and fees, …

Ask a Divorce Lawyer: When the parents aren’t together, who has the right to claim a child on taxes?

Question: My daughter’s dad, who I never married and my daughter doesn’t live with, wants to claim her on his taxes. Can he do that? He is the legal father but we weren’t married and she hasn’t lived with him in 16 years.

Ask a Divorce Lawyer: Can the non-modifiable alimony be set aside if I lost my job?

Question: I was divorced two years ago and the decree required payment of $1,700/month for spousal support until the house was sold. The court decree did not require the house to be put on the market and no timeline to get it sold. So two years later, alimony has not …

Ask a Divorce Lawyer: What is the statute of limitations on nonpayments of support?

Question: In 1991, I was ordered to pay a one-time payment of $550 to my wife as part of the divorce decree. I paid via money order and no longer have the receipt. Now, almost 20 years later and with our son almost 20 and in college, she is suing …

Ask a Divorce Lawyer: Will I automatically get placement of my kids if my ex violated the decree by moving away?

Question: My ex wife and I have joint custody of our 8-year-old daughter. She recently moved to Dallas without telling me. In the divorce decree it states that she cannot move more then 150 miles for my hometown. Dallas is over 300 miles away. What should I do about this …

Ask a Divorce Lawyer: Who needs to be notified in order for me to modify support?

Question: Is my lawyer required to contact my wife’s original divorce attorney in a child support modification issue? We were originally divorced over 10 years ago. I was under the impression that we could file the motion in court without contacting her old attorney.

Ask a Divorce Lawyer: Will insurance cover my wife during a legal separation?

Question: My wife and I are considering legal separation but we are unclear as to the time limit in the state of Tennessee. Is it only for a year or can it be longer? Because of a heart condition, she is considered uninsurable and needs to stay on my insurance. Is …

Ask a Divorce Lawyer: I’m currently getting hazard pay. Can my ex get an increase in support even though she’s denied my visitation rights?

Question: I currently work under contract with the Department of Defense as a Fire Chief. My ex-girlfriend, who I have twins with, has not been heard from in 12 years and hasn’t allowed me contact with the children since they were 1 years old. Out of absolutely nowhere, she gets …