Help with another marriage ending in Divorce

United States
March 15, 2007 12:21am CST
I would just like some thoughts, tidbits, advice, etc... A little of what has been going on - will try to make this short. I have been married for the 3rd time to this husband for 4 years, we lived together for 4 years before marrying. Everything was wonderful except he is lazy and refuses to work but being an RN I was making pretty good money. Well after a year of marriage he lets his mother and 25 yr old sister move into our house that I worked 2 full time RN jobs to come up with the down pmt and have made every pmt on, for them to live here free, eat our food, I was supporting 5 people on a one person income, making 3 car pmts, electric, yada yada, after them living here for about 5-6 months his mother claiming to be such a great christian, steals from me, lies constantly, etc, and then one night she picks up something and starts hitting me in the back I turn around and push her off of me and she falls, my husband then yells for the sister, who starts fighting me, he is hitting me, pulling my hair, the mother gets up and all 3 are on me and then I am thrown out of my own home, the law called and told to take my daughter and get out of my home, I do I move and 4 months later he kicks them out and begs me to come home, I do only to find I now have to pay 4 months of house pmts as well as my new truck which I was not allowed to take with me. I am only 43 yrs old and have major heart problems, 3 valves in my heart do not work and am now disabled, and got my disability immediately approved. Now our problem is he and his mother say I am not disabled and need to go back to work, I refused so now all the same thing is starting over. So I have decided to divorce him, life is too short to live in such turmoil. My question is, do I keep my disability check and not pay the house pmt, and stay until I have enough money to get my own apartment. Do I leave completely broke with no where to go, do I ask my parents who live over 2 hours away to stay with them. But my dilemma is I do not want him and his family to have everything in my house if I leave I will have nothing. Last time they even got rid of my clothes and with a disability check I cannot afford to replace anything. Please just some advice, thank you so kindly.
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• United States
15 Mar 07
Check for a low income legal service, they may be called pro bono or legalaid. If you can't find one, you might be able to have a free conference with an attorney. Many here in Nevada will meet with you for 30 or 40 minutes to evaluate your case to determine if they want to take it, they will usually answer some of your questions and maybe refer you to services you can afford. If you get the house or not -- and I would strongly urge you to fight for it if you made the down payment and all the monthly payments. Seems like you should be entitled to keep it or at least get a fair share from the sale. Anyhow, if you signed for the mortgage, you will be responsible for paying it whether or not you continue to live there. You might check with your lender to see if you have any kind of disability insurance on the mortgage that can help cover the payments while you are disabled. BUT, if his mother attacked you once, what is to say she won't do it again? If you are in any danger, then get out. What material things can be worth your life or your well being. And what about your daughter? You don't mention how old she is, but what kind of trauma is this for her? Good luck, stay strong, keep us updated.
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• United States
15 Mar 07
Thank God, she is 20 now and living on her own with her new son who is 8 months old, the only way this is affecting her now is that she needs to find someone to watch him for her to go to work as I normally watch him 2 days per wk for her to work, and 3 nights per week for her to go to nursing school. But I did not feel that he needs to be subjected to the rantings of a mad man, listening at him scream and yell at the top of his lungs, throwing things and destroying stuff, the baby needs to be secure and happy and not upset. But thank you for thinking of her, her and that baby are my number one priority and I can tell you no one had better hurt either of them period, or I do believe I could become the violent one then.
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• United States
15 Mar 07
Oh and I am sorry I meant to also thank you for the good advice and will look into that first thing in the morning. Today has been such a bad day that I called a mental hospital to ask if I should and could check myself in. Everyone has a breaking point and I am truly on the edge of my breaking point. I need to pull myself together, go watch that DVD, The Secret, go see a therapist, and put him and his crazy, lazy family completely behind me before they drive me completely crazy and I end up spending the rest of my life locked up in a mental hospital. Thank you I will take and use your advice.
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@nicolec (2671)
• United States
15 Mar 07
My heart goes out to you. Really, what a horrible situation and horrible people on top of that. The other two posters are right, whose name is the mortgage in? If it is yours, then you will need to pay the back payments just to keep yourself out of credit trouble and to keep the bank from seizing your house. Also, if it is in your name, then sell the house! If you sell it, they will have to move out and you keep all the money. Go find yourself some place nice and quiet to live without the bad memories of that home. For now, pack up what is yours. Even if that mean packing the entire house, kitchen sink and all. And leave. How nice would it be if they have to sleep on the floor because you took your bed. Once everything is out, sell it if you can. leave them with nothing.
• United States
15 Mar 07
Nicolec is right...you deserve to live a happier for fulfilling life without people leeching off you every chance they get. You are worth much more than that. Keep everything as legal as possible because you know that your husband and his family are going to do everything in their power to screw you. Just keep your head up and don't let them bring you down or hurt you anymore than they already have.
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@deebomb (15304)
• United States
15 Mar 07
First whose name is the mortage in? If it is in your name why are you not having a restraining order on him and his family? Why are you letting them put you out. Why don't you have the police remove thim and his family. That is whrer I would start. and do it now.