I depends on the laws of distribution of marital assets for your state. You would be wise to contact a lawyer and fight for whatever you feel you have entitlement...and to what extent.
A spouse is entitled to half of all assets in a marriage. The only way around this is to sign a prenuptial agreement before getting married.
What you receive depends on the state in which you live. You could be entitled to everything or you could be entitled to half of all marriage assets.
No, the wife is entitled to what the court deems fair.
I am entitled to half the marital assets.
They are entitled to half of your 401k assets.
No reason you can't, unless you are trying to hide assets from the other party.
Your wife cannot contest the divorce itself; she can only contest the division of property and assets of the marriage. The divorce case cannot go on forever; there will be a trial and the assets will be divided fairly by the court.
No. Whatever obligations the person had before marriage, does not carry over into the marriage. Even if the couple reside in a community property state, the assets of the new spouse does not play a part in any "old debts".
Not likely. * Wisconsin is a community property state. Therefore a spouse is entitled to an equal share of property, income and assets regardless if said spouse was employed during the marriage or how long the marriage lasted.
If your husband has already divorced his ex-wife, she is not entitled to any of his assets that weren't already divided during the divorce. The only exception would be if he has outstanding obligations to her (payments he is not making). If he is not paying his obligations, she can attempt to garnish wages or go after any assets he owns, including any property that he owns. If that is the case, she would be like any other creditor seeking a bad debt, and could go after any property in his name, regardless of when it was purchased or with whom.
Yes.
Your creditors are entitled to be paid from any assets you have at the time of your death. Generally, if you have no assets they are out of luck.