She says husband's a liar
Going through a divorce hurts woman who co-owned two businesses with him.
DEAR HARRY: I have been going to court trying to get a divorce for more than a year. I've seen it all. I always thought that when you're under oath, you go to jail if you lie. Lying is all my husband did! He sends me support when he wants to, not when he's supposed to. We own two businesses that he says were never really part mine, and the judge believed him. He uses many names, and he says documents that have my name on them were co-signed by someone other than him. My lawyer can't seem to get the judge to see the truth.
I understand now why women would rather go on welfare than go through all this. I can't even get a Quadro (qualified-domestic-relations order) that will get me part of his IRAs. Women stay in abusive marriages because they have no other place to go. Their husbands abuse them financially as well as physically and emotionally. In my case, he is now about $20,000 behind in support! What can be done to help people like me except to put them on welfare? Does anyone care?
WHAT HARRY SAYS: People do care. We are starting to make real dents in the armor of male domination. More and more, judges are subject to objective scrutiny, too. People now realize that most men are better off financially after a divorce while most women are less so. The result is that settlements are getting fairer. The pace is slow and should be speeded up, but it's moving in the right direction.