Geneseo, NY Divorce Law Firms & Lawyers

It sounds like you are headed for divorce, and you need to file, immediately. Once your wife is served with divorce papers she is prohibited by law from dissipating marital assets. Getting an order of protection vacated may allow you back into your house, but there is no order that a family court judge can issue that will protect your belongings. That can only be done in Supreme Court, in the context of a divorce, where your wife will be required by law to explain and document exactly what she did with all of your jointly-owned belongings- or else compensate you for your half.  

In the priorities of life, the place to live and the job would seem to be higher on the priority list - but if you want a divorce your job and homeless status make no difference. You file the appropriate paperwork and have your spouse served.

I'm sorry for your trouble. Getting a divorce in NY will depend on whether or not your spouse agrees to get the divorce, and whether or not your spouse agrees to divide the assets, arrange the custody and visitation of the children, and arrange any support payments (as applicable). There will be residency requirements that, in your case, the facts indicate that your satisfy, as you both live in New York, you were married in New York, and some of the treatment to which you are being subjected seems to have happened in New York as well. To file for divorce in New York, you will need grounds, which is kind of your reason for divorce.  They include abandonment, terrible treatment, and a total breakdown of the marriage. Your child custody issues sound like they may be contentious, you definitely ought to seek counsel before you proceed with this case.  Lots of luck to you, Eric Reimer