QUESTION
What can a person in prison expect from a divorce?
Asked on Jul 17th, 2015 on Divorce - South Carolina
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Daughter has been in prison for 8-1/2 years. Her husband is going to divorce her when she gets out in September 2015. Can she expect anything from her husband in alimony, part of the house, marital property?
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Your daughter has paid her debt to society. S.C. is an equitable distribution state which means she should be treated fairly as to what was premarital property and what was marital property. She should hire a lawyer to make sure her rights are protected. You do not give information as to whether or not the divorce will be based on fault grounds (desertion, adultery, physical cruelty, or habitual drunkenness which includes drug abuse) which would be a bar to alimony.
Dr. Michael G. Sribnick, Esq.
Michael G. Sribnick, M.D., J.D., LLC
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Answered on Jul 17th, 2015 at 12:54 PM