Winder, GA Divorce Law Firms & Lawyers

You are entitled to one-half of the marital value of the house. As he owned it before the marriage, some of the equity is his separate, non-marital property.

You can file your divorce in Texas and serve your spouse by posting or publication depending on the method your facts qualify for. That is considered good service for the purposes of divorce and your case will move forward.

There are only two obvious reasons the judge would order you to pay more than you have in total income: either he believes you are lying about your real income or you failed to adequately show him the true facts. It seems highly unlikely the judge would have made his rulings without giving you some explanation so perhaps you need to reexamine the written order or get a transcript of the hearing where the rulings were announced. If you are certain he had all the correct financial information and yet still ruled that you had to pay more than your total income, your only potential remedy is to appeal his ruling to the appropriate appeals court. Because there are time deadlines for filing an appeal, you need to quickly consult an attorney in the city where the court is located to find out what your options are.