Ok.. can't find this anywhere on your site. My husband and I live in upstate NY. He has decided he wants a divorce. This is after I have lived with his cheating throughout our 30 year marriage because of our kids. Since our kids have moved on.. we have stayed together due to the grand kids. Yes.. I love him.. but we have a lot of issues from the past that just won't go away. Including him trying to sleep with my SONS girlfriend a couple years back. I got the "I'm sorry".. and the "I love you and will never do it again bit." I stayed because we are both totally disabled. Him from work.. myself from a car accident that HE caused!
Now.. here's my question. He's on Workmans Comp and Social Secuity Disability. He gets $1262.00 a month from Comp and $1190.00 a month from SSD. I get a lousy $200.00 a month from SSD. I had been doing day care for my daughter for 6 years prior to the car accident which dropped my income drastically compared to what I received as a hairdresser. My husband SAYS.. that he contacted his lawyer and was told I would only receive an $800.00 a month compensation for spousal support off his SSD.. but I couldn't touch any of his other money and the judge would not force him to pay anything else.
We bought a house 2 years ago <after I cleared up all his credit with my SSD payments> and have a lot of other debt. Can anyone advise me from here on what my legal rights are? I called a few lawyers but most want over a thousand dollars to represent me in my case. I could really use some help here.
Thank you in advance.
