My husband.....?
My husbnad works with a girl who has tried to get her husband to sign divorce papers for 4 months and now he just left for Iraq. I guess she doesn't have a lot of money to hire a lawyer or anything so she was trying to just file the papers herself. Anyway, she is telling him that she has to wait a whole year for her husband to get back from Iraq before getting divorced. Everyone is telling her she is horrible for trying to divorce him while he is over there fighting for our country. I guess she wants a divorce because she didn't realize that he does drugs or whatever. I don't really need to know the reasons I just wondered can you not get a divorce while someone is away like that. I would assume there is a way. Anyone know??
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He can sign the papers while he is in Iraq and have the original papers shipped back to your friend. However, he is not required to do so. If he refuses, then he cannot be forced to do so until his deployment ends under the Soldiers and Sailors Relief Act. Congress passed that act to allow military personel who are deployed to put any lawsuit in which they are involved "on hold" while they are deployed. Divorce is a law suit.
Yes you can..
I agree with you it's horrible but what do you have to do with it and why does it interest you?
What's rush? Just wait for him to come home and they get him to sign.
If you want a divorce without a person's signature you have to go to court. That's expensive and you need a lawyer.
Who cares if he's a soldier? He's a person first. People scerw up.
As far as I have ever known, he doesn't have to be present to sign divorce papers. They could just send it to him through the mail and he would send them back. But if he refuses to sign them, that's a whole nother problem. Then lawyers would have to get involved.
As for him being deployed- the military does drug tests randomly throughout their deployment. More times then not, he's probably been tested. And if he came back positive for any type of illegal drug, they'd article him out faster then he could blink. So whatever her reasons, I'm doubting it's drugs.
I don't think having all this added to his plate while he's over there helps him any mentally or emotionally. If he's already gone, why not wait until he comes back to get the papers signed? It's not like she has to put up with him or anything. But, if she's just wanting to get on with her life, she'll more then likely have to get lawyers involved.
Hope that helps!
put in the paper/shopper if he/she doesant respond in a matter of 30 ?60? 90 days whatever...your legally divorced
unless she told him of her wanting a divorce before he left then by all means find a way but if not do not burden a soldier in arag fighting for us and his life until he is home what is wrong with this generation have we not learned anything from our past...
The only thing that is horrible here is that he refused to sign before he left the country. He was, after all, given four months notice. She can continue divorce proceedings without his signature if she can state that he continually acted in any way criminally or in a ways that were potentially harmful to her. There are lawyers out there that will do this for between $100 and $300, but make sure you wash thoroughly after seeing them, and make sure you still have your watch and jewelry after shaking hands.
Well, If he gave her power of attorney...I am sure she can divorce them with that legal document. I've seen it happen before. My husband is in the Marines and I have heard some stories of woman cheating on their husbands, taking all of their money, and leaving them and or divorcing them. It's sad and brutal. Yeah, she is wrong for trying to divorce him while being deployed. He needs to be focused on trying to protect his country and innocent Iraqi civilians. She says he does drugs? That is NOT possible because first of all they drug test them almost every month.especially before he deploys. They give them physicals to make sure they are fine and give them shots to prevent illnesses before deploying. She sounds like she is lying and is making excuses for herself so people won't judge her for leaving him. That is pretty effing sad. She can file a legal separation..and she better not even try to cash in on his money while he is out there..because that is just straight up scandalous! Yeah, she doesn't have good intentions.
Is this all hear say or fact. I know for a fact that the military does not allow drugs. Maybe she did not try before he left--just saying all of this. She sounds very confused to me. Two plus two isn't adding up to be four. lol Don't know if she can get the divorce or not but I wouldn't want to be the one to help her. Sorry.
Stay out of it. You're only getting one side of the story.
But if you insist on giving her advice, tell her to just wait a year. He might get blown to bits and she can collect his life insurance.
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