I have close friend who’s been married to her hubby for 6 years. They married young (19) and have 2 little girls (aged 4 and 18 months). About a year ago they were having a rough patch and had a trial separation. During the separation my friends hubby got involved with his boss, an older woman (she’s 49 and he’s 25). He’s known this other woman since he was 16 since his mom also works for the same business too. The affair was apparently very passionate. He was open to my friend about the affair but they decided to try to make things work for their kids since their youngest was an infant at the time. He also told her he’d ended it. Then about 4 months ago my friend discovered many sexual emails between her hubby and his boss. His phone records also indicated that he was calling and texting her on her personal line. She then decided to confront hubby and his boss. This woman then told my friend that she wasn’t good enough for her hubby and was a bad mom, ect and that she and my friends hubby would always be together. My friends hubby said nothing and then left work with his boss leaving his wife behind. They are in the process of filing for divorce. My friend is upset as is and now her husband is suing her for full custody of their girls. On top of this his boss is harassing my friend saying how she is going to be her kids new mommy and if she puts up a fight in court she’ll be sorry. My friend is devastated and at a loss as what to do. What are the chances she will win custody of her girls against her soon to be ex and is there anything she can do about his mistress harassing her? What sort of action would that require and could it help her win full custody?

If someone puts a restraining order on another person and in reality there was nothing wrong, it was just one person doing that to harm the other one. The order is later lifted because of lack of evidence. Is the person criminal record still affected?, is still going to show a restraining order was put and lifted or it will look completely clean?

I need help finding out what my rights are if I want to get legally separated or divorced in Texas. I have a 12 month old child. I do not want to get a lawyer just yet. I know there has to be somewhere I can go or call to get advice and find out what my rights are and what I need to do.

I want it to be a shock

Is it possible to get a restraining order against relatives who have been doing a ton of harassment? Does it need to be physical in order to get a restraining order? We’ve been getting nasty emails, txt messages, and phone calls for some time and now they’re threatening to come to our area(they live in another state). All this is happening while we have a newborn baby that we have been trying to take care of and focus on. We haven’t been talking to them for the past few weeks because of frequent disrespect. Thanks for all of your advice.

im in california, we were only married 1 month so there is no property or anything like that… also will i be receiving paperwork once its final?

So – I am not sure if this is a weird "thing" my husband is going through, or if he is planning on going through with this, but he wants our marriage to end (we have only been married 4 weeks, I have not transgressed him in any way, we just aren’t getting along as well as we were before we married). We were married in Islam – that is the only "contract" of our marriage.

We are Sunni Islam (I am relatively new to the religion). I read the statement on the website for the Masjid in our area. This is what it says:
The final divorce is required by the Qur’an and by the Sunnah to be given at least twice, once during each month period. The second divorce can be given in the second month after wife’s second purification period. The third and the final divorce could be given in the third month. The husband has the right to retract divorce in the first two instances while third divorce is not revocable as explained above. This is what the Prophet had asked Ibn Umar to do when he divorced his wife during her monthly cycle.
Also:
The Islamic law requires a cooling period so that decisions about divorce are not made in hurry or based upon instantaneous emotional outbursts but based upon thoughtful considerations. Some scholars require presence of two witnesses for the divorce to be lawful. They argue that as marriage cannot be contracted except in the presence of two witnesses, it cannot be nullified without the presence of two witnesses. This was the opinion of Imam Ali bin Abi Talib, Imran bin Hussain from among the Companions and Ata, Ibn Sireen, Imam Muhammad al-Baqir and Ibn Juraij among the Successors. Many scholars had followed them in maintaining such a view in an effort to make divorce harder to come by. This group of scholars supports their position by the following verse of Surah al-Talaaq:

I could speak to the brother (who wrote this) about the guidelines and what my rights are, but I don’t want to risk the family knowing I am talking about this.

I don’t want this divorce. Can I deny the divorce? Can I do anything to (I hate to say force) but to … get him to go to arbitration?

Thanks for any advice and/or answers.
Tom – I believe you are either uninformed or we are not under the same hadith.

If I’m a high school student and other high school students are bullying me, can I apply for a restraining order?

Background: In track and field we are split up into groups and the long distance runners are in a group where they practice together and stuff. Well I’m in that long distance group and EVERYONE hates me and I don’t get treated with respect.

i’m not sure what to do i need help and advice!

me and my husband are young only 19 we got married when we were 18 and i got pregnant the month after with our daughter.we were both really happy even thought we weren’t really trying.but he liked to drink occasionally 2 or 3 times a month.then when his best friend turned 21 it got to be 4 or 5 time a week and he started smoking again.we talked and he said he just wanted to get it out of his system before the baby was born and then he’d only do it on rare occasions. well our baby is now 10 weeks old and he’s going out partying till 1 2 3 o’clock in the morning because when he says he’ll be home at 12 it’s like ok you really mean a few hours later.also when he is home all he talks about are his plans to go out or his computer game if he’s not playing it. im hurt and ive told him but he hasn’t changed he’s tried but not really hard.and i’ve lost all trust in him and that hurts him but i can’t help it.i know he’s not cheating on me but there’s still that fear, especially when at 2 in the morning he says it’s just all guys chilling and the next thing i hear is a girl in the background!although hes said its just a guys girlfriend sorry i didn’t even think about her.i’ve had enough i love him but none of this is fare to me or our baby!we agreed to try a trial separation two days ago and are trying to work out the details, but i just don’t know if i can do it.my parents are willing to take me in until i can get on my feet with the baby but they don’t think we should try a separation they say we should get a devoice because in the long run it’d be better.but i love him so much it hurts!i just don’t know what to do…please help
I’d just like to say i am a good mom i do everything i can for my child she has never gone without and she never will!

i come from a very grounded family and faith in God, i just happen to be struggling right now.struggling does not make me a bad parent, for you who have had negative things to say!and for the rest thank you!

The judge ordered the life insurance to me and my brothers in my parents divorce but my dad at some point changed the benifciery to my aunt who has taken everything in my dads passing and I mean everything we didnt get 1 thing of our dads is there anything I can do is she aloud to take everything? I have the divorce papers and death certificate i had to pay for Please looking for some help on this issue thanks