How does one protect themselves financially from a spouse with bi-polar. Legal Seperation? What options are available? Arkansas
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Depends on what you mean when you say bi-polar. Many bipolar individuals are functional (even without medication) so what needs to be done is have a doctor or three say that due to specific illness your spouse is unable to handle money. There are conservatorships - where a person is appointed to regulate the budget/finances of an incompetent person - this is done via hearings before a judge (not really a trial) and requires a full investigation into the wellbeing of the individual in question. If you are planning on divorce anyways, then there are no protections - meaning that the divorce hearing will have to be gone through. Bi-polar may play a big roll or a small roll in the final outcome of the settlement, again depending on how severe the illness is for the person in question.
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