Q: Can my husband get me for abandonment if I move out of the home because he has a girlfriend.
has had a girlfriend for over a year now. He takes our daughter around her. they talk bad about me in front of her. The girlfriend threatens to hurt me.. She sends me text and calls me. She has been in my personal information through the unemployment office where she currently works. She tells lies on me and is trying to get my unemployment stopped. i have moved upstairs cause i haven't been able to find a place that i can afford with only unemployment. Our daughter has said she wouldn't go with me but would come visit. It a great big mess ..14 yrs of mental abuse and sabotage.. He and his family has done but try to take her away from me and turn her against me from the day she was born. There is so much more.. I cant afford a lawyer because now my unemployment has been put on hold because of her. I have been very passive about it all but it is sucking the life out of me and i need to know where to start and what can I legally do to her for being in my stuff.. please advis
A: In South Carolina, there is no divorce ground of abandonment; however, there is a ground called "desertion" that is not commonly used anymore. The most common ground for divorce is living separate and apart for more than one year, and the spouses must be separated before the one year can begin.
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