Originally Posted by smokedetector
Background (question below):
My dad is a successful VP of his business, which is incorporated. He is currently married to a woman who has done nothing but mooch off of him for the past 4 years. She doesn't have a job (and hasn't since she married him) and has very expensive taste. She's the kind that buys high end doggie steps for her lap dog. It's pretty rediculous. They knew each other from highschool and when they met again 5 years ago they married 6 months later (just for the record, I told him it was a bad idea and to wait). They are both on their 4th marriage. He has 2 kids from his previous marriage with my mom and he adopted my sister and me when he and my mom married. His current wife is always at odds with my little sister and right now my sister wont even go over there because of his wife. However, she is always up to going to victoria secret and AE and hollister to buy my little brother and sister new clothes (she is 12 and has victoria secret all over her!) which my mom hates. My mom and dad have a good parenting relationship, but his wife has called my little sister a and has spanked her, even though my parents want the two of them to do the punishing (my step dad doesnt hit them, but my step mom can't keep her hands to herself). My stepmom has also told my dad at times that "it's either her or the kids" which I think is rediculous. She is jealous of the time and money he spends on us kids. They are both in their late 50s/early 60s.
My question is, when they get a divorce (which seems inevitable), what can my stepmom legally do towards getting all his money, which I suspect is the only reason she is still around (she is such an HSN addict he had to take away her credit cards and give her an allowance)? Is it better for him to file or wait for her? What steps can he take to protect himself from her? He has worked hard all his life to get where he is, and has already been through 3 divorces. I am afraid she is going to break him and not give a second look. They have no kids together. Can she get alimony? What is the likelihood that the judge will split everything 50/50, even though she has never contributed anything to the marriage never having a job, and incessantly spends all his money. Can she get anything from the business he has run with his partner for the last 40 years?
They live in Texas, by the way.