Hi all,
I am so glad I found this thread.
Last July, I decided to I want a divorce from my husband, but we are still living in an apartment (2-bedder) together. My friends are aware of my decision and they know that we have had problems for years and rarely did we show up in friends get together recently. Also I have always paid for my everything including rent and all my expenses as we both have separate bank accounts except for only a common credit card which we split the balance half/half every month on each due date.
We also have a property under both names and we both contributed for the mortgage 50%-50% up to now. We never received any aids from government except we have medicare cards. Plus fortunately or unfortunately, we don't have any kids.
I wonder if I can apply for separation under the same roof (after coming July of course) as I cannot be sure he will cooperate with divorce application lodgement together with me (he sometime says he wants to go on... ) given that I have not informed any public services (as I do not benefit from any). Will the fact that I have always had my own separate account and paid for my expenses be sufficient to account for the separation period as well?
Also given that the property (currently tenanted) is under the name of both of us , I wonder if it matters or if it could potentially cause any issues if we keep the property even after the divorce until a suitable time to sell it?
By any chance does anyone know a family lawyer who offers the first session for free. I do not have a complicated case so I don't want to pay for lawyers but I would like to get some opinions if someone could be help.
Many thanks in advance.
I am so glad I found this thread.
Last July, I decided to I want a divorce from my husband, but we are still living in an apartment (2-bedder) together. My friends are aware of my decision and they know that we have had problems for years and rarely did we show up in friends get together recently. Also I have always paid for my everything including rent and all my expenses as we both have separate bank accounts except for only a common credit card which we split the balance half/half every month on each due date.
We also have a property under both names and we both contributed for the mortgage 50%-50% up to now. We never received any aids from government except we have medicare cards. Plus fortunately or unfortunately, we don't have any kids.
I wonder if I can apply for separation under the same roof (after coming July of course) as I cannot be sure he will cooperate with divorce application lodgement together with me (he sometime says he wants to go on... ) given that I have not informed any public services (as I do not benefit from any). Will the fact that I have always had my own separate account and paid for my expenses be sufficient to account for the separation period as well?
Also given that the property (currently tenanted) is under the name of both of us , I wonder if it matters or if it could potentially cause any issues if we keep the property even after the divorce until a suitable time to sell it?
By any chance does anyone know a family lawyer who offers the first session for free. I do not have a complicated case so I don't want to pay for lawyers but I would like to get some opinions if someone could be help.
Many thanks in advance.