My stbx and I have been separated for 5 months - I moved out because he had been seeing prostitutes and finding new "friends" online at dating sites. He is also a member in good standing of a group sex yahoo group and has attended some of their more interesting "parties". Of course there is more to the story than that but those are some of the low lights of the situation. I dont make a lot of money as a school bus driver but if I hustle I can pick up extra work and charter trips on the weekend - the problem with this is that I was working 7 days a week, week after week, month after month, and it was killing me. I wasnt getting ahead either - just managing to keep my rent and few bills paid, and gas in my car. I decided the best thing to do was to move to where I have family support (halfway across the country). In the meanwhile, my son loaned me the money to start divorce proceedings, and the papers were just served last week (on my 28th anniversary). Timing, as they say, is everything. Im moving next weekend, so now, everything that is going to happen in this divorce will happen with me 1200 miles away. I initially thought that this was going to be an uncontested divorce - he made it plain that he doesnt want to be married to me and that there will be no counseling. Hes happy living as he is and thats that. Well, thats great except that hes living in our house and has from the beginning made it next to impossible for me to enter to get my belongings. He went as far as to change the locks and refuse me entry. When I left I had no choice but to take our new truck because it was the only mechanically sound vehicle we had and I needed a way to go back and forth to work. He pays the monthly payment and my insurance premium (I pay his health insurance because if I drop him from mine it will be difficult for him to get insurance coverage as he is diabetic). The truck payment is $400 a month. We havnt had a civil conversation since we separated (Ive tried), so now its looking like this amicable divorce could end up being the battle of the century. Hes not going to agree to paying half the truck payment (after we separated he went out and bought a new car for himself) - he thinks that since Im driving the truck I have to pay for the truck even though it was a marital debt. Im nervous about this divorce happening while Im a thousand miles away......can this work? I think my attorney is a good one - he came well recommended. But Im so afraid that this is the beginning of a huge money pit. Does anyone have any experience with this sort of thing?