Can I get a court order for support payments without a divorce?

[Enrike]

Hi.

My husband and I (student) just got married in our residential state, California. Is it possible to get a court order for spousal/maintenance support from my husband even though we are not planning to get divorced? In other words could I sue my husband to officially pay me a certain amount of support money, like a minimum amount a month? I know this sounds like a crazy question, but this is a special situation which has to do with german family laws.

I would appreciate any answers from you guys here about this very special case.

 

[Duranie]

No. Why in the world would you want to sue your husband to force him to pay you? Unless you want a divorce that is not done in the US.

If he does not volunatarily support you, then you need to somehow get a job if you are able to work in the US if you need money coming in.

It sounds like you married him for citizenship purposes only. Does he know this?

 

[Enrike]

Duranie,

Thanks for your quick answer.

Don't worry, I think we love each other for the right reasons. I am US citizen, he is German citizen and I'm definitly not planning to switch

In Germany, there is a law that you have to pay a mother maintenance support (as if you were married!) for AT LEAST three years even though it was a one-night-stand or let's say a "few-days-stand" (in the US, before we started dating, and they were obviously neither really dating nor living together). With a Californian court order that german courts would have to respect we hopefully would have chances to keep some money as a family and let me finish college.

I hope, I made our story clear. I know, it is quite complicated.

 

[Duranie]

Germany has some really wierd family law guidelines. I also heard that child support is paid until 26 over there?

thanks for clarification