My 18 year old sister-in-law just broke up with her boyfriend of 3 years. We’re having a hard time getting her to "be ok". Besides the obvious.. " You were too young anyway." What do we say? I understand that she needs to have time to grieve and be sad — I just want to smack her upside the head at some of the stuff that comes out of her mouth.

I was married for 18 years,suddenly my wife said that she did not love me any more. We have two teenagers and I love them with all my life, we been separated now 3 years and she is now giving me hints, I feel she wants me back in her life. I trully need some good advice.

I have been divorced for about 3 years and it states in my divorce papers that i’m not responsible for the mobile home. I went to purchase something today only to realize it’s still on there. I know its not paid off yet. It can’t be. I really need it off of my credit

My daughter chose to live with her dad when she was 12 because she knew she would have more freedom. She has been with him for 3 years now and he is neglectful. I can prove he is unfit. I cannot afford an attorney. What steps do I need to take? I do not know what forms to fill out and how to figure child support he will have to start paying me.

Hi all,
I am a student and I have been living in California for 3 years. My wife and I have been married for 6 years and in separation for the recent 2 years and she graduated from school last year and she’s been working in NYC for 8 months. We don’t have properties and kids and she wanted to divorce and we’ve decided to go with an uncontested divorce.
As I don’t have money to hire a lawyer (even after the split). We preliminarily planned to do a self-service.
I am thinking of waive all the claims on supports and hopefully she is willing to do the same and then we will have a smooth divorce and happy ending. And I am a gentlemen anyway. Before our separation two years ago, I supported the family.
Just to get a rough idea, what will our palimony claim be for both temporary and permanent palimony? Currently I earn K per year as I am still a student and she earns, roughly, K per year, as a fresh graduate. This is the current situation. Of course things will change after years later.
I will use the estimate of alimony to estimate how much chance we will have a smooth and happy divorce, even she’s already proposed and agreed on a uncontested divorce. It will not change my decision of being generous and not claiming anything. But I need to have a rough feeling if she’s going to be happy and comfortable with not to claim on me…

Thanks!
Yes, it must be the spousal support. Does anybody know how the permanent support and temporary support claims are calculated in CA? I at least want to have an objective number…

I am 27 and my husband of almost 3 years is 24. we moved from WA to CA 4 years ago and it has been a very hard time for me. He told me when we first started dating that this is where he wanted to be and what his plans were for his career and every thing, but he wanted me to be with him so i moved away from ALL of my family and friends. It was very hard for me because i had never been without my support group, and all i had was my husband. He is very dedicated to his job and we had some really great times, but over the years, my unhappiness and lonliness, along with the sudden death of my father really made me an unhappy person. It became obvious that we had grown into different people, and were wanting different things. My husband just last week told me that the love he feels isn’t what he should feel for a wife. he loves me as a person and his best friend, but we have grown apart as husband and wife. And he also knows that i would be happier being back with my friends and
family, which i would. I haven’t made any close friends down here. My husband has decided that the best thing would be for us to split up before we have kids because we just want different things in life. He said that he will not turn his back on me and that I am his best friend and he is still living at home, just in the other bedroom. In his mind he has already moved on (there is no one else) and our marriage is over. But this is a huge shock to me. I am so scared to not have him in my life every day and have the affection we once had. We truly are best friends and are trying to make this as easy as possible and still get coffee together and joke and stuff. I just feel like someone has died, and although i know that we will still be in each other’s lives, this isn’t how i wanted things to end up. I wanted babies and to grow old with this man.
Has anyone gone thru something similar and can give me something positive? No mean comments please…
I also asked for support, not insults and putdowns.

We have been married for 3 years and thing shave been okay like all marriages. We just went through a financial problem that has threatened to tear us apart.
My wife is upset. Ive not been the perfect hubby neither has she been the perfect wifey.
But we do love each other. We each have our own differences.HALLO, LIKE ALL PEOPLE ON THIS EARTH AND LIKE ALL MARRIAGES.
We are in debt too. We both work and i have gotten two extra jobs.
However wifey wants a trial separation. She wants me to move out for 2 weeks. In that time we are not to see anyone. I asked her what if during that time she got close to anyone, she said she will not? She said she needs a break. I then asked how separating will cure our financial problems with money being split? She said she doesnt know.
She says she doesnt feel in love with me anymore. That im pressuring her( i talk to her now may once every 2 days) cause she doesnt wanna talk, and when i talk im telling her how we can make it if we work together. She doesnt want to hear this. To her this is pressure. She seems angry. She even told me she gets angry seeing me.
So I dont understand how a trial separation is supposed to work heal problems? But she has said she will not see anyone and that there is no one shes talking to right now.
I asked her what if after 2 weeks she wants to extend for another 2 weeks, and another 2 weeks… then what? Then she said we dont have to be separated to see other people. She said its possible to see people even when together, so i should not be afraid of a trial separation, as she is not interested in finding anyone.
I call trial separations what they are " TRIAL DIVORCES".
What do you all think?
MATURE ADVICE PLEASE

This matter involves the Hague Petition, and thirteen countries that are in agreement with the US, to have childrn returned. The problem is really, my child was born in America, lived in France for 3 years, has dual citizenship, and now is considered French in France. It is based on habitual residency, not nationality.The situation is appaulling and slow to move. If you have a similiar experience to share, please do. There are currently 21 cases of international child custody in France involving the US. It is a new agreement only being signed into law in 1996. We have attorneys that specialize in this, but in France, we are in another ballpark. I have faith that it will work out, but considered posting something to see if there are others going through it as well… your feedback is welcomed.
I am looking for someone who has been through an Interational custody battle to give me some heads up. If this is you, plase leave your advice as well as story. Thanks…

My Ex husband and I have Joint custody of our son and I have phycical custody .( Note: he hasn’t paid child support in 3 years)
My current Husband maybe taking a job in a different state and I am not sure what are the Legal steps to take for moving to a different state and dealing with Custody issues. Any advice or websites that I can go to that can help would be greatly appericiated. Sugar bug

My husband is getting out of federal prison soon. He has been in for 2 years and I am a little afraid that even though we want our marriage to be good now, it won’t be. I would appreciate any advice, espically from anyone who has been through having a spouse in prison. Thanks.
He went to prison for drugs. He had gone through rehab and been sober for 3 years before he was charged.
My husband was not a victim nor have I needed "working people" to support me.