Q: Hi i have questions about a divorce i filed for i was 15 when i met my husband and he was 32 now divorcing
The time we were together not only was i not old enough to work but when i was he didnt let me he said only whores worked especially when they had a man to take care of them and then when i had kids and told him i wanted to work he said whores that wanted to get away from their kids wanted to work after having kids well 14yrs later we separate do to him having three somes during work hours well im at home with 5 kids well i gave him a chance after words and he cheated again and i said no more and well then now 5 years later i filed for divorce because he would say he was going to and never did and i was tired of him still holding marriage over my head but we havnt lived together but he still paid my rent and gave me money up until i filed for divorce and now he keeps threating me that he is not gonna be paying me nothing and is like scaring me because i dont know anything about the world or how things work because he had me so confined to just being a house with with no out side world.
A: You may be eligible for maintenance and child support in the divorce. This will depend on his income compared to yours. You should get a lawyer to help you with this.
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