My wife is from Syria and we married in the U.S. and live in Miami. She travels back to Syria often to visit her family. On one of her trips, she was in a terrible car accident. She has a Syrian lawyer helping her with her case, as the accident was the other driver’s fault. She was pretty badly hurt, and I suspect that she may receive a lot of money in a settlement or from the courts. She won’t discuss the details with me, and I fear she may be planning to use whatever she gets to move back to Syria and divorce me. How do I find out about these funds and do I have any interest in the money because we were married when the accident occurred? It is marital property, and if it is, how do I protect my interest? What if she just goes back to Syria without giving me notice?

My husband is a dual citizen of Egypt and U.S. He left me and my kids to go back to Egypt several years ago. There is nothing left of what we had and we don’t own a home together anymore. I don’t expect him to come back at this point and I just want a divorce. How do I get an uncontested divorce from him if he no longer lives here in Miami? Do I still have to serve him with papers if I’m not asking for any property? Also, is there any way I can get him to pay child support for our 3 kids? He sent some money when he first left but hasn’t sent anything for the kids in over a year now.