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Wife filed for divorce in July 2010. I retained a lawyer in August 2010. Wife locked me out of the marital home (of which, Ive been paying 100% of the life of mortgage November 2011. .My lawyer formally writes me January 30, that he is retiring on. Feb 20. Wife's lawyer files spousal / child support Jan 31, knowing I may not have lawyer on Feb 28. I also have been paying 100% of the homes utility bills, auto insurance,Health Ins., etc. Wife gets a " to be determined for both supports" state calculated amount from my monthly net pay after about a month from the date of the support meeting. Do I have a right to temporarily put support payments on hold first by myself while I start looking all over again for a new lawyer in order to appeal the support ? The fact that I was locked out of the home and unbeknownst to me, my belongings, my bed, my furniture, etc., were taken out, was not taken into consideration at this support hearing. I never told wife I was moving out, -- I. was living and caretaking my 90 year old mother. Being locker out of my house prevents me from moving back into the office, where I slept. We could tolerate each other,by just not speaking. But "SHE" doesn't want me to move back in and says its her house.
I've never been hostile, threatened, or not physically harmed her.
Do I have right to appeal or put on hold the support issues until I find a new (2nd) Lawyer ?
by the way, I keep paying mortgage because I only owe 160000 on a 650000 piece of real estate. Thx guysguys
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Support is for the expenses of the residence. If you are making payments for the house she is living in, regardless if you are doing so to protect your credit and a marital asset, that should be credited toward the support order. Support orders assume the party receiving it is using the payments for their residence.
If both your names are on the house, you each have a right to live there. Moreover, if you move back to live with her, the support must stop, following a petition to vacate and a hearing.
Answered on Mar 14th, 2013 at 8:50 AM