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I was married in Ukraine and now she wants to live life totally different than what we agreed on before marriage. She wants to buy a house here and move her mother while acting as if she is single. I have moved for work and while away waiting for her to come after school was over, found she had entered into an adulterous relationship with a man while living in his house. I actually forgave her for that. Yes, go ahead call me an idiot, but she told me how much she hated herself for doing what she had done, and recogized allegedly that I was the only one who really cared about her. Now I can see she has applied for naturalization so she can bring her mother here to live even though i have told her I cannot live in a house with her and her mother. She feels she can force it upon me and I feel she is only being semi decent because she needs my birth certificate for the hearing. That she does not have.

Since we were married in Ukraine, and she refuses to sign papers here, can I go to Ukraine with the original document and divorce her there? Has anyone been through this? She divorced her first husband without him being there. I thought I could do the same. If anyone has any knowledge as to how I can make this happen, please advise. I do not know how much the cost could be there, but I do not have a lot. Even so, she has a place to live and health insurance. Maybe that is why she will not sign the papers. There is no money to be had and I rented a house here.

Thank you much. Need to get rid of this feeling in my gut.

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and she refuses to sign papers here,

Before taking the trouble to go to Ukraine, have you spoken to a family law attorney here in the US or looked into going to a US court and having a default judgment entered? If you have her served with papers and she does not respond, you can have a default judgement entered on your behalf.

DISCLAIMER, I am not a family law attorney and what I wrote above is not nor should it be construed as legal advice. My official suggestion to you is to speak to a qualified attorney on these matters.

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Thank you for the reply. No I have not spoken to an attorney but I did the on-line thing when she agreed to do this but when received she changed her mind.

This was supposed to be an agreed divorce until she spoke with her friends I suppose

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Before taking the trouble to go to Ukraine, have you spoken to a family law attorney here in the US or looked into going to a US court and having a default judgment entered? If you have her served with papers and she does not respond, you can have a default judgement entered on your behalf.

DISCLAIMER, I am not a family law attorney and what I wrote above is not nor should it be construed as legal advice. My official suggestion to you is to speak to a qualified attorney on these matters.

do you know if I can still do this the inexpensive way and not pay her alimony and lose what I have?

The child is not my biological child and there was no adoption. All I want to do is end it so we can both

go our seperate directions, but she changes her mind every time she talks to someone. I believe she is looking for

an attorney as well. A "free" attorney as she said.

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Before taking the trouble to go to Ukraine, have you spoken to a family law attorney here in the US or looked into going to a US court and having a default judgment entered? If you have her served with papers and she does not respond, you can have a default judgement entered on your behalf.

DISCLAIMER, I am not a family law attorney and what I wrote above is not nor should it be construed as legal advice. My official suggestion to you is to speak to a qualified attorney on these matters.

In addition, she has applied for citizenship alone, without applying for her child too. As a result she may end up being naturalized and her child still have a green card.

Those documents state if she is married she needs proof that her husband is a citizen for the last three years. That she does not have.

perhaps in order to do this she may sign in exchange for the birth certificate. Dont know

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In addition, she has applied for citizenship alone, without applying for her child too. As a result she may end up being naturalized and her child still have a green card.

Those documents state if she is married she needs proof that her husband is a citizen for the last three years. That she does not have.

perhaps in order to do this she may sign in exchange for the birth certificate. Dont know

The child, if underage, becomes a citizen automatically when the parent does.

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