CAN MY WIFE GET ALIMONY IF SHE ONLY MARRIED ME FOR MONEY?

I frequently receive questions from people regarding their family law issues. The following is a question which the inquirer agreed may be publicly revealed, and my answer to the question:

QUESTION: Can my wife get alimony if she only married me for money? I finally realized my wife has been cheating. She devised a plan to take all that I have from sole and separate property from an injury I suffered to my homes, cars, and kids while she's been waiting for the time to evict me. She says she will file abuse charges to kick me out of my home that was paid for with separated money. She hasn't put any money or effort in the home and put me in the streets.

ANSWER: Under those circumstances, you would be wise to consult and retain an experienced Family Law Attorney to file a divorce case before your wife files.

Your facts are not sufficiently detailed to enable me to give a more detailed answer - I am unable to determine whether your injury was sustained prior to the marriage, whether you owned your homes prior to the marriage, whether there was commingling of separate and community property, how your wife has been cheating (do you mean with another man?), etc., but what I am able to determine is that your marriage is over, that you should waste no time in finding an experienced Family Law Attorney to counsel and represent you, and that you shouldn't tell your wife that you are doing so - it may make her rush to another attorney to try to file and serve first.

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