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Started Nov 16 2012, 00:57
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Nov 16 2012, 00:57
I have been together with my husband 11 years and we have a 3.5 year old child. However , we have only married for 4 months.
I was studying at Uni and working part-time the first 5 years we were together. The last 6 years I have had a small home business bringing in a modest income.
During the entire time we have been together I have paid for 80% of bills, all groceries, furniture and household goods. The mortgage is only in his name and he has paid the mortgage and rates on the property since we bought it 5 years ago.
Our house has equity of ~ $130,000. His super has about $70,000. I have no Super and University fee debts of about $25,000.
The reason I left is because he seems to have an escalating problem with drugs. Previously only an occasional pot smoker, this has in the past 2 months moved to a whole other level with other drugs. There have also been other issues with him, e.g. intimidation etc. I am attending counselling for myself, but feel I can no longer cope with his problems so don't want marital counselling. Would this look bad from the courts POV since I appear unwilling to work on the relationship?
I would like at least 80% custody of our son (if not more as I don't feel happy about leaving him there with the possibility of drugs in the house).
He was on a good income of 120,000 pa, but left this job 2 weeks ago to work in a friends business. It is very likely he will lie about his future income and be paid in cash so he doesn't have to pay as much child support.
Sorry if I gave too much info, but wanted to mention anything that might be relevant
A few questions -
How much super/house would I be entitled to?
He is currently living in our house, and I am living with my parents. Is there any way he could be forced to move out so I can get the house ready to sell? As the house needs a fair bit of work so we can get a reasonable sale price and he can't be relied on to do it.
What generally happens in regards to child custody?
Any advice would be great, thanks
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