can a wife ask for husband to pay for divorce lawyer?
Monday, October 5th, 2009 at
1:57 am
rdub8503 asked:
if going through a divorce, can the wife make the husband pay for her lawyer? if so, is this fair? if a couple is divorcing, why should one of them have to pay for the others lawyer? how hard or easy is for a judge to order one or the other buy antibiotics online to pay for the other’s lawyer?
Yes. It is customary to sue for costs. Both parties do it. The judge decides if one person pays all the fees or if each person pays thier own.
a judge can order that you pay for her lawyer. it happens frequently.
the spouse with the financial ability to pay for attorney’s fee may be ordered to pay the attorney’s fee of the spouse without that financial ability. If you have ready access to money but your wife does not, she can ask the court to order her husband to pay some of that money so that you can take care of your immediate expenses (food, housing, attorney’s fee. It depends on the state that you live in
I think it depends on who filed the divorce. If you filed then you might have to pay her attorney fees. It also depends on the income. If you were the sole provider for the family then you might have to pay for her attorney, or if she makes significantly less money then you do.
If this one of those is not your situation then I would fight it if that is what they are asking for. Also make sure to ask your attorney have them tell you your rights.
she can ask, but that doens’t mean she will get it.
If the husband is the one to file for divorce, the wife can absolutely ask the husband to pay her lawyers fees and will probably get her fees covered.
In my son-in-law’s divorce, he was the one who wanted the divorce and his wife had never worked. He had to pay for the ex wife’s attorneys and pay alimony until she was trained for and could get a job. He also had to carry health insurance for her and pay any medical bills not covered by insurance.
I have heard of such occasions. Where a husband caused the divorce (for reasons like adultery, abuse, etc) and the woman was forced to get a lawyer because the husband contested it. She then requested in the paperwork that the husband pay all of her legal fees.
It isn’t easy, it depends on the specifics of your lives together (who makes what, how long you’ve been married, why you’re divorcing) but it is possible.