re alimony

Submitted by yasemin (Canada), Feb 5, 2008 at 12:03

I suppose the whole question of alimony could go either way depending on the judge's attitudes towards foreigners in deciding the amount and the divorce lawyer's willingness to pursue unpaid alimony and the weather that day - arbitrariness underlies the system. Sometimes if you are lucky and particularly at this time in Turkey's history, you will find a judge or other legal people wanting to show the world that the system of justice works there. They ( some of them anyway - all except for the old school patriachs still in the system )are sensitive to world opinion. But if his family is wealthy i'm sure he can hide assets, children or not.

All i can say is fight for your right to alimony - it IS your right under their laws. If your lawyer doesn't fight for you, change lawyers.

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