Hi! I'm starting a separation process after 10 years of living and marriage in brazil.. I'm american on permanent visa, he's brazilian and we have 2 kids. I was planning on staying in brazil, but the divorce is scaring me away. His mother is a lawyer and I don't understand how the process works. I feel at a huge disadvantage since I don't know how the law here treats things like custody, support and separation of assets. I just want to minimize the conflict and costs. I'm thinking of going back to the US and filing for divorce there (if he'll sign the travel release!). Would it be easier to divorce in the USA (where we were originally married)? If he is not in the US will I still be able to file for divorce in the US once I'm there? How does US law treat cases where one parent is foreign and lives abroad? What are the rules about child support in the USA? Here in Brazil, he tells me he's only required to pay 30% of his salary after taxes, which is almost nothing. He may try to go after the house I built with my dad's money, or even custody here in Brazil. Anything is possible and I don't feel like i have the information I need to deal with this all in Brazil. Advice? Experience?
