LoveToKnow Divorce:AllComments

From LoveToKnow Divorce

Comments

Laura,

This link will give you information about how a guardian ad litem works in a divorce action. Your lawyer should be able to explain your options for getting a divorce from someone who is in prison.

Jodee Redmond LoveToKnow Editor

-- Contributed by: JCRedmond

My lawyer here in Virginia states I have to pay my husbands guardian atlitam? Not sure how you spell. I have already paid him, but now he needs more money in a trust because he can't find a lawyer to represent my husband. How can I go about this without spending so much money. I have 4 children and this has been dragging on for a year now because I can't afford it.

-- Contributed by: Laura

Enter Your Name: You can get a divorce, but it will cost you more than $1. You will have to pay filing fees, as well as a fee to have your husband served in prison. A lawyer will be able to explain the steps involved in getting a divorce to you.

Jodee Redmond LoveToKnow Editor

-- Contributed by: JCRedmond

Is it true that I can divorce my inmate husband for only $1 dollar? I married my husband in Pelican Bay State prison 5 years ago.. He had been my friend for 18 years, and I was only 25 when I married him. I now realize that it was a mistake... It hurts but it's time to move on with my own life. I just found out that he is serving a life sentence. He claims that he will get out soon... I doubt that VERY much. I believe it's his way of making me stay. False hope & wishful thinking HELP..........any advice?

-- Contributed by: Enter your name here

Bekah,

Your husband can hire a lawyer to contest the divorce and request visitation rights, whether he is in jail awaiting trial or not.

Jodee Redmond LoveToKnow Editor

-- Contributed by: JCRedmond

can he contest the divorce in jail awaiting trial...and can he request visitation rights?

-- Contributed by: bekah

Karrie,

You still need to file for divorce if you want to legally end your marriage. Please see a lawyer who can help you get the paperwork filed and arrange to have your husband served.

Jodee Redmond LoveToKnow Editor

-- Contributed by: JCRedmond

I wasn't awhere he was abusive and a pedifile; got married he was locked up just as marriage hit 4 month mark; we have no children together; won't sign papers but wants divorce; serving double life without parole; some say that filing for divorce isn't needed already divorced but I need to know what to do

-- Contributed by: Karrie

Kim,

You would start the divorce proceedings in the state where you live. Once the papers have been filed, you can arrange to have them served on your husband where he is being incarcerated.

Jodee Redmond LoveToKnow Editor

-- Contributed by: JCRedmond

I'M READY TO PROCEED WITH A DIVORCE. HUSBAND IS IN TEXAS FEDERAL; I LIVE IN ARKANSAS; GOT MARRIED IN TENNESSEE. HE GOT SENTENCED 5 YEARS, IT HAS BEEN A YEAR. HOW DO I START THE PROCESS?

-- Contributed by: KIM

MCM: He could file for divorce on grounds of adultery, but you could also file based on his being incarcerated for more than three years.

Jodee Redmond, LoveToKnow Editor

-- Contributed by: JCRedmond

My husband was sentenced to 20 to life in Oct. 2005. We never were divorced & we moved on into respective relationships. I had a baby by another man. Can he file for adultery in nys for divorce.

-- Contributed by: MCM
> Return to article
Divorce Categories
LoveToKnow Tools