Tag Archives: separation

Will I Lose My Property Rights If I Move Out?

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I’ve been considering leaving my husband for several months.  Things between us keep getting worse, and I’d really like to move out of our house.  But I’ve heard that if I leave the house first, I might lose my property rights.  I am hoping that my husband will buy me out of the house, so I don’t want to…

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Can I Get Out of My Separation Agreement?

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A couple of months after we separated, my husband talked me into signing an agreement that his lawyer wrote for him. At the time I was still reeling from our split and hoping that my husband would eventually have a change of heart. So without even really reading it, I signed. Since then, I’ve finally taken a look at…

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Can I File a Joint Return After I’ve Filed for Divorce?

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My husband and I split up at the end of September.  He says that we can’t file a joint tax return, because we are living apart and I have already filed for divorce.

He thinks that he will be better off by filing separately.  But I still have taxes withheld from my pay checks based on a joint return. …

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