QUESTION
Can I sue my husband for half of our savings before we get a divorce if I'm afraid that he will spend our savings before a divorce is final?
Asked on Sep 11th, 2012 on Divorce - New York
More details to this question:
We will be fighting for child custody in New York City starting this week & he might be leaving to Florida as soon as he gets the chane. So I would like to try to get some kind of money before he disappears again.
1 ANSWER
The concern is understandable - but the solution isn't to sue him in a separate action - it's to commence a divorce proceeding. There are automatic orders in a divorce in New York that prohibit dissipation of marital accounts.
Answered on Sep 12th, 2012 at 8:05 AM