Divorce Legal Answers

Can we get a marital agreement without a divorce?

After 8 years of marriage my husband and I want to get a trial separation. We are both Jewish and our families are strongly discouraging a divorce. We want to try counseling with our Rabbi and avoid a divorce, but that might not be possible. Can we have a separation agreement that states what each of us will pay and be responsible for in our home and continue to live together in separate bedrooms? Would such an agreement be valid? We live in Sacramento and we both travel a lot for work so often we aren’t sleeping in the same house anyway but there are times when we do.

Sacramento, CA

Mar 15, 2021

In a divorce, can a US judge control property in Jordan?

I am helping a friend who is a Jewish immigrant from Jordan. He wants to divorce his wife due to her infidelity. He is concerned whether she will have any interest in property his family still owns in Jordan, because his name is also on that property and it was bought after he and the wife married. It’s very important to he and his family that they maintain that property without interference from wife, who has threatened to force the sale of it if my friend divorces her. Can a Jewish lawyer help him with this situation, and can a US judge even have authority over land located in Jordan?

Miami, FL

Mar 15, 2021

Can I take out life insurance on my husband in the divorce?

I want to divorce my husband and I’d like to use a Jewish lawyer, if possible. My husband ran up a lot of credit card debt in my name during our marriage and I want to take out a life insurance policy on him to protect myself. If he were to die after we get divorced before this debt is paid off I would get stuck with all of it. Does he have to agree to me taking out insurance on him and if he does, can a court order him to do it based on the debt situation? Also, can he be ordered to make payments toward this debt directly?

Chicago, IL

Mar 15, 2021

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