Legal Advice Desperately Needed-S.Carolina-He told her to leave and... [View All]

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come back later, and take anything she wants! My daughter w/one year old baby followed husband's job from GA to SC last June. He makes good money, and she stayed home with the baby until six? months ago when she got a job. They know no one, and her work schedule was arranged so that he would be home to watch the baby.

He has a nice car that they purchased with joint funds before the baby, but it is in his name only. They leased a second vehicle to transport baby to Dr., and now for daughter to drive to work. They have three joint saving & checking accts. They appear to be set up to allow one or the other to withdraw without the consent of the other.

I went to GA on April 22nd for the baby's 2nd birthday party. They appeared to be a "happy family" at that time, but after I returned home daughter called for advice. He had been periodically threatening her with divorce papers. She asked him to go to counseling, and he refused. There is no violence. His leverage is not coming home from work to watch the baby, hoping she will be fired & forced to leave. He offered to leave the home, but knows she cannot afford to pay for the house by herself. He recently said he cannot afford a divorce at this time, and claims "he knows she's going to get everything eventually".

He has now told her to take what she can fit in the leased vehicle, and leave this weekend. He said she could have everything in two savings accounts plus 1/2 of everything in checking (which he has been slowly withdrawing money from). She can also come back with a truck, and take anything she wants. She is scheduled to work this weekend, and is due to receive a bonus check on the 13th.

I told her to stay put. If she gets fired because she can't get to work, he will have to pay the house payment or he will be out too. I told her to call the bank, and somehow freeze the accounts so he can't clean them out. I told her to not leave him with everything as she will not get back in to retrieve anything. I advised her to stay until he is forced to turn off the utilities to remove her!

God help me. I'm up north, disabled, and she wants me to drive down to babysit so she can go to work long enough to get her bonus check. I don't know if this is possible on such short notice.
I've been searching SC divorce law, and that is one F'd up State. He knows something or has been talking to someone on how to proceed. I do not want her leaving there with nothing!

Someone please advise or ask further questions on board or through PM. Please help! Thank you all.