People often assume domestic abuse is always physical. But in many marriages and intimate relationships, the abuse is financial, and it can be just as damaging. Instead of using physical force, the ...

I need help and I have nobody I can ask for guidance. I’ve been married 18 years, and I’ve dealt with verbal, emotional and financial abuse. I’m 48, he’s 84. He’s very controlling, will lose his ...

Your spouse controlled every dollar. You had to ask for grocery money. They ran up debt in your name without telling you. They kept you from working, or made sure you never knew what you actually ...

Financial abuse is a common and often hidden type of abuse within family and domestic violence, characterized by behaviors that control, restrict, or hide money and financial information, frequently ...

Rita never imagined that her marriage could feel like a prison. For the first 10 years of it, she told herself that her husband, Sam, controlling the money was practical. He was better at numbers, and ...

When they lived together, Stephanie and her husband maintained separate bank accounts, splitting everything 50/50. In 2001 they married, continuing their financial arrangement. Then came the kids, ...

When one spouse controls all the money, divorce becomes a battle for survival. The law protects homemakers, but knowing your rights and enforcing them are different challenges. On a recent episode of ...

SHAH ALAM - Financial abuse, including becoming a victim of a spouse’s debts, is also a form of domestic violence that often goes unnoticed because it does not involve physical injuries. However, ...