Q: My wife puts everything in trust. Our house, Inheritance, and such. none in my name. If we divorce I should get 50/50.
We are in the state of MA. With all of our land, stocks and moneys that she has inherited. She has put everything in trust, (my name excluded). I am unable to work. Wife keeps her bank accounts to a minimum. What recourse do I have if we divorce since all our holdings, land, house, money's that are in her name and all in trusts that she set up right after I became disabled.
I go through mental abuse daily so basically I have no where to turn. I get a disability check which is not enough for me to survive on. So if we do divorce..Being she has everything in trust. Approx. close to if not over 1mil.
Do I get what is mine that she has put in trusts that is in her name??? In Massachusettes I know its 50/50..But with trusts involved that she set up after my disability.. What happens then?? we have been married for 37 years
A: The length of your marriage which you did not state is important. You should contact a divorce attorney to go over the full facts in your case. The fact that wife has established a trust and conveyed assets into it does not prevent the court from making an equitable distribution. How long ago she inherited assets and what use was made of the inherited assets are issues which need to be discussed with counsel.
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