How To Get Divorce in The USA When I Lives Abroad ...

[andreasol 0]

Hello,

I married an USC in 2009, I returned to my country, I returned my green card and got an tourist visa. How can l get the divorce since he does not want to help too much.

Do I need to hire a lawyer?

Do I need to travel to USA to do that?

Can I do that using online divorce?

we have not kids, I do not want money from him

Thanks

Edited November 7, 2012 by andreasol

[D N Medellin COL 75]

Hello,

I married an USC in 2009, I returned to my country, I returned my green card and got an tourist visa. How can l get the divorce since he does not want to help too much.

Do I need to hire a lawyer?

Do I need to travel to USA to do that?

Can I do that using online divorce?

we have not kids, I do not want money from him

Thanks

Sounds like you have some unfinished business to tidy up back here in the USA promised land (tongue in cheek).

The details of divorce in the USA are specific to which State you were married in and resided/separated and will ultimately be filling the divorce papers in but you provided no such information.

An attorney is the only way that your going to be able to handle this. You need a good attorney to guide and direct you and be prepared for the attorney fees. Your attorney will need to answer if you need to be present.

There is NO online internet divorce that will work (any legitimate legal divorce that is, they will be glad to take your money though).

You say that "he" does not want to help much. If he contests the divorce your attorney fees have just about doubled.

Good luck to you.

[Penguin_ie 5,993]

Check into the divorce laws in your country- as you now reside there, you can probably divorce there.

[EminTX 131]

My sister's husband abandoned her and ran away to his home country. This was about 3 years ago. She has just now managed to finalize the divorce in the last 2 weeks. He refused to give his location and lied about his ID twice when he was served his papers, announcements had to be listed in the local papers, etc, etc, etc..

Each time my sister had to have him served, it cost around 1000$. It was a complete mess.

He was stalling because under US law, when a couple is married 10 years and then divorces (regardless of separation time or reason for divorce), the retirement funds are split. He had already remarried in the his country and was just stalllllling. My sister was granted the divorce within a few weeks of that 10 year timeframe.

Whatever you do, get it done. It is probably much more cost effective and faster to go ahead and start in your own country. If the guy will sign papers and return them, that is probably worth more than the money to file when compared to the frustration and expense of forcing the divorce.

Good luck.

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Edited to add:

Sis tried to file for divorce in his country since polygamy is a criminal offense subject to prison time. She had absolutely no luck. It was more than a year of wasted time and lots of money.

Edited November 11, 2012 by EminTX