Am I entitled to 1/2 of the marital assets if he lives in CO.and I live in OK.?

Question

There is no marital debt at this time and the only assets are $8500.00 in his account that he mailed me a debit card to ,that I removed $2500.00 of, that he told me to spend as I wished. Neither one of us has a vehicle or any property to speak of. We have been married 14 yrs. and he has been in prison 10 of them. He got out, went to a 1/2 way house, got a job, started making good money,got paroled, and got high right away. The job started 2months ago,and he has spent $2500.00 on dope in the past 2 weeks. I asked for a divorce yesterday. Can I legally keep the money ??

Answer 1

Generally speaking, in every state you're entitled to 1/2 of MARITAL assets, along with 1/2 of the marital debt.

Answer 2

If youre going by community property rules, your statement is not necessarily true as it depends on where a divorce is filed but neither Colorado nor Oklahoma are community property states. Most courts try to equitably to divide marital assets and debt so it probably doesnt matter much anyhow. Your best bet is to rach an agreement outside the courts without involving the courts

Answer 3

Contact an attorney.  Contact an attorney.  You get this kind of advice from an attorney.

Answer 4

Find a divorce attorney and get the facts.  Whatever the two of you had at the date of separation is what you would get 1/2 of, both assets and debts.

Answer 5

Get a lawyer and ask him.  You are gonna need one anyhow..