i seperated from my husband on nov 19, 2007. i left due to

What you need to do, since you have no money, is go to legal aid and also call the state bar about the pro bono attorneys in your area who can represent you. VA is not a community property state so all of the marital assets are divided equitably, which does not necessarily mean equally. Thus, the debts will be apportioned to the party to whom they belong and marital debts would be divided as close to equal as possible. If there were bankruptcies filed, then the debts now should have been extinguished. As a spouse, you are entitled to spousal support to maintain your status quo, based upon number of years of marriage and contributions of both of you to the marriage and his ability to pay. You would also be entitled to child support if there are children.

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In the bankruptcies the debts incurred prior to bankruptcy should have been extinguished, meaning there should be little marital debt left. Any debt he incurred since you have been separated would be considered his personal debt and not yours and you should not have to pay that. As far as support, if he is making 3x your income and has the abilty to pay and you have the need determined by the court, then the court will award you support.

Your ex can try abandonment and you would counter with the non-support claim. If he can prove abandonment and the court doesn't buy his non-support, then you would not get spousal support, but if the court agrees with your non support issue, then you would qualify for support.

If bankruptcy not paid off, then the court will determine who those debts belong to They will force sale of the house if neither party can agree on disposition of it or cannot afford to buy the other out, but unfortunately the market may not be in your favor on that.

Willful non support during marriage is a ground for divorce, but it is one of the more difficult ones to prove. There is no way to predict what the courts will do with those grounds, but if proven, they will rule in your favor and abandonment against you will be a non-issue

A general idea is if the debt is his he will be stuck with it. As far as spousal support, if you prove your contentions, it is a good chance you will get spousal support. As far as how much, since this is in the unfettered discretion of the court, there is no way for me to give you much of an idea.

Willful non-support during marriage occurs when partner refuses to contribute to marital community or pay for spouse when they are capable of doing so. Thus you have to prove he had money to contribute and failed to do so to support you and the marital home and community.

You could take your name off of the house with a quit claim deed, but as far as the mortgage , this would not absolve you from the mortgage as long as your name is XXXXX XXXXX it. As far as taxes once you quit claim the property and file the quit claim in recorder of deeds, the taxes from that point on would be the liability of the deeded owner.