divorce maintainence

dear sir,
i got married last year on august 23rd 2005. Our marriage is also registered under Hindu Marriage act. My marriage is not working well because of his bad temprament. he speaks ill about my character and my family. Its a mental torture. I was so disturbed that i also cut my hand and was hospitalised. My each effort to make it work is not working. Today he choked my throat in anger and has also slaped me before. I want to quit this marriage. please tell me the procedure. Will he give me maintainence? do i have a right to his property, which he tells is in his fathers name. Says will declare bankcruptcy.
At present we are in USA and he is earning is $ 1300 every month. please help me what can i do?
jaya

You know, it isn't my place to pass judgment on the legitimacy of anyone's posting, and any time a person's life or well being is in jeopardy, the ONLY thing to do is to seek LEGAL and PROTECTIVE help immediately. Get out your phone book, look in the yellow pages for domestic abuse, violence against women, etc. SEEK refuge with one of these places immediately. They are well appraised of the law and how to direct you, and probably have an attorney they can recommend who knows the law and can protect you. Also, of critical import is filling out police reports for these incidents of violence. The Devil is in the details--you need a paper trail. When the abuse happened, you should have called the police--in fact, call them now--do you still have marks on you? They can and WILL arrest him for this. While he is detained, you are free to act --act QUICKLY--in your defense. I wouldn't worry in the least about PROPERTY and who owns what and what you can get or take. If you aren't ALIVE to need it, it is irrelevant.
GET HELP immediately. The next time, you might not be alive to sit down to a computer and ask questions. This man belongs in jail. You live HERE--he is bound by OUR rules. Our rules say he is an abuser, and he belongs in jail.
That being said, the majority of your posting is about money, alimony, and you even know how much money he makes--this was the gist of your posting--not the fact that horrible abuse is, according to you, threatening your very life. Let me just say--if you simply want a divorce and are playing the "I've been abused" card, I wouldn't do so inconjunction with focusing on the money aspect. It is perfectly legitimate to get a divorce for other reasons BESIDES abuse---if you really aren't being abused, don't use that reason. It doesn't get you MORE money. It isn't for anyone on a message board to speculate, but it seems bizarre that a posting detailing attempted murder and deadly assault spends more time wondering how much of his money and land you can get and not "HOW do I save my life?"
Seek real life help immediately, if indeed your life is threatened. Worry about his money and land secondly. An attorney and domestic violence group can help you with both.Good luck.

Gracie, dahling . . . . you mentioned the word "seek" twice in your response. Are you making a comment about our writer's heritage, ancestry, or religion?

Westside Law

Aww, Westie. You know I ONLY copy and paste answers from Wikipedia!! Shame on you!

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Too funny! Good to see you, Gracie.

Westside Law

Beati possidentes* .. Wikipedia.

(*from the List of Latin phrases A-F, available at Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia.) I don't mind sharing the source. The 'user-friendly tabs' really are quite handy.

Nihil est--in vita priore ego imperator Romanus fui.

::wiggling eyebrows at Westie::

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My pleasure, Omniscient One.

They say in life you only get out of something what you put into it. I am not entirely sure that is the case in this genre. I have learned a great deal more than I have offered--and a great deal of that has been from you.

Thank you.

Only discerning and learned people realize that fact. Obviously, you're one. And then, there are the idiots who don't know, and eventually lose.

Oh, and I'm still an emperor. Invisible and never located, but yes, still an emperor. Some people need to learn the hard way.

Westside Law

With your plethora of distinguishing qualities, it is well nigh impossible to choose which one is most prominent. I do believe, though, your humility is most apparent. You are the embodiment of all that it means to be meek and humble.

*naughty grin*