i'm a german 55-year-old woman,lived in alabama during the last 4 years with my husband(63) who was living there already when i met him in germany in 2003. in november 2007 my mother died and i had to go back. in the meantime my husband followed his company's call to asia, emptied the house and filed for divorce. i had given up my job prior to our marriage in 2006 in order to live together and with his sponsorship to receive my greencard. now i have to go to welfare because here are no jobs for 55 year old people in germany at all and he doesn't pay anything, while earning nice money. i cannot go back to alabama because there is no house anymore. german social law forces me to find out about my rights for spousal support, otherwise i probably would receive no welfare anymore. does anybody know what i can do from here with little money to learn about my eventual rights or whom i could contact. thanks a lot. pluto