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writes:My American wife, she is white, filled for divorce lawsuit in the US and we got married in Pakistan. So can claim 50% property in case court give decision in her favor? I don't have any property in my name but she does and she is the one asking for divorce!Please help me on this!
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reader, CindyCares  +, writes (12 April 2013):
 It depends where this divorce has been filed. I think you are referring to Community Property laws, when all the property/ assets acquired during the marriage are considered common marital property of both spouses and split 50% in case of divorce.
This only applies to 9 US States. Arizona, California, Idaho, Louisiana, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, Washington and Wisconsin.
In all other States they apply Equitable Distribution, a repartition of property based on a long series of different factors, but, to make a long story short, I think that you would not get anything at all , one of the most important factors is the length of marriage, and , if I remember correctly, you only have been married few months.
Remember though that even Community Property applies to property that's been acquired during the wedding. What was acquired by each spouse before the wedding remains each spouse's separate property , unless , of course , they took the steps to transform it legally into community property.
Obviously, anyway, to have precise information about which laws would apply to your case and in which way exactly, what you should do is to consult a divorce lawyer.
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reader, So_Very_Confused  +, writes (12 April 2013):
 If you were not married long then it will not be an issue.
Divorce laws are different state by state here in the USA so you need to contact a divorce lawyer from the state where she filed the lawsuit to get a better answer.
but I can tell you that if you are who I think you are (you've posted about this marriage and divorce before) that you were married such a short period of time that it will probably be better to get an annulment. If you can't do that, then it will probably just be granted.
I've had three divorces. The only one that paid the husband anything was my first and that was because he asked for 10k as a starting nest egg and I gladly gave it to him from the sale of our house.
Husbands 2 and 3 got nothing.
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