katie0211
Sep 12, 2008, 07:25 AM
I don`t know how to word this or even if I could have any success w/the court system...
We got together when he was going through divorce & I had just started dealing w/my daughters father in courts,so we were both needy.
I moved in after a few months(we kind of grew up in the same place & dated as teens)& right off the bat I helped w/his kids every time he had them. I`ve been a homemaker(staying home instead of working) most of the time.(the last job I had ,right after I started he took a voluntary layoff.) He`s a Union Carpenter,he makes almost $40 an hour,I don`t have any skills per se. After awhile it was just a given that I`d stay home & take care of things here.(doing the bills,cooking,cleaning,making appts. & such)
Here`s my question... even though there is no common law marriage in my state(Indiana) after 18 years of taking care of him & his kids(now 22 & 24)he wants to kick me out w/o a penny,don`t I deserve something in return?(palimony?) I'm not asking for him to support me but to help me get restarted.(He clears $1000 a week.)
We got together when he was going through divorce & I had just started dealing w/my daughters father in courts,so we were both needy.
I moved in after a few months(we kind of grew up in the same place & dated as teens)& right off the bat I helped w/his kids every time he had them. I`ve been a homemaker(staying home instead of working) most of the time.(the last job I had ,right after I started he took a voluntary layoff.) He`s a Union Carpenter,he makes almost $40 an hour,I don`t have any skills per se. After awhile it was just a given that I`d stay home & take care of things here.(doing the bills,cooking,cleaning,making appts. & such)
Here`s my question... even though there is no common law marriage in my state(Indiana) after 18 years of taking care of him & his kids(now 22 & 24)he wants to kick me out w/o a penny,don`t I deserve something in return?(palimony?) I'm not asking for him to support me but to help me get restarted.(He clears $1000 a week.)