If my father decides to stop paying alimony, how is my mother supposed to pay her bills?
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If my father decides to stop paying alimony, how is my mother supposed to pay her bills?
Before the divorce, the deal was my mom would go to college to get a degree in health administration, then she would support the family so my father could retire. He suddenly decided he didn’t like that and left us for 2 weeks. A divorce was filed and now he decided he doesn’t feel like paying alimony and the court date for the divorce isn’t for anothr 3 or so months. My mom has no source of income due to the agreement they made and is carrying college loan debt as well. Since it takes several months to a year for a court hearing to process, how is my mother supposed to last that long with her bills?
Asked on December 14, 2011 under Family Law, Ohio
Answers:
Hong Shen / Roberts Law Group
Answered 12 years ago | Contributor
Your mom has to find a job to support herself. Second, since your father and mother are still married, techinically, she needs to file a motion in court to have him pay for the family expenses. He has an obligation to support.
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