Jeanne
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Reged: 05/21/06
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My husband and I got in a terrible fight the other day which isn't unusual. I wanted to leave the marriage. He has been verbally, emotionally and physically abusive. He says the Connecticut Law these days says that in a divorce I will get half of everything that's his - his retirement (which I put nothing into), his truck, the house (which I didn't put anything into). I don't want that. Is this true? Is there any way to tell the judge I don't want that? I won't tell him I've been abused.
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1narnara1
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Reged: 04/28/06
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Why don't you want anything? WHy won't you admit you have been abused? ANy children? Yes I believe CT is a 50-50 state.
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unload
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Reged: 10/18/06
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Yes Ct. is a 50/50 state and you will probably get 1/2 of everything including the house, I am in the same situation my husband is retiring in a year and informed me he is going down south where his 3 kids are and we have a son here who is 18 and in college and he is going to flip when he finds out I am getting 1/2 his retirement or a lump sum however the lawyers and the judge work it out.
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KGrow
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Reged: 01/27/06
Posts: 3153
Loc: Colorado
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Connecticut is not a community property state. Only in a community property state is each automatically entitled to half of marital assets.
In Connecticut you'd negotiatiate an "equitable division" of assets. Equitable is not the same as equal. If you both consider it equitable for him to keep all his stuffand you can convince a judge to sign off on it then that's how it'd go down.
Assets owned prior to the marriage and inheritance are never considered marital property.
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dro653
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Reged: 01/23/07
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my lawyer said the same, she's entitled to 1/2 of the house, but he also stated that because I pulled 25k out of my retirement to put down on the house, she wont get 1/2, rather 1/4- my equity in the home is 100k, she, by default would get 50k, but because the down paymet was from my retirement account for 25k, she'll get 25k- this is mainly in an effort for me to be able to financially afford to live in the home- while she is already establishied a new life with her boyfriend in his home... and left me with the debt that we both incurred throughout the marriage- the courts awarded me primary with my daughters! based on the fact that i was/am willing to do whatever i need to do, to keep my kids within the town they have been born/raised in- while x-wanted to relocate them- she also doesnt have a support system in place, her own family has dissowned her- it sounds harsh, but she choose the shitty road through divorce, rather then talking/communicating like adults should, and mutually agree/comprimse, mediate or lawyers, and finally, offical divorce papers, she choose to desert my kids and myself, and pursue her happiness 1st, before ending/resolving her/my marital issues-
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